Author : Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Release : 1993-06-29
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 382/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tastes of Paradise by : Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Download or read book Tastes of Paradise written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch. This book was released on 1993-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie's love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed the social structure of the Old World. Illustrations.