This rich and captivating book tells the story of how humanity transformed its history in the course of finding the rare condiments, stimulants, intoxicants, and narcotics that helped to make life more tolerable. Schivelbusch documents how the drive for pleasurable substances such as coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, and opium fueled the Old World to cross the oceans and enter a new age. 125 illustrations.
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This rich and captivating book tells the story of how humanity transformed its history in the course of finding the rare condiments, stimulants, intoxicants, and narcotics that helped to make life more tolerable. Schivelbusch documents how the drive for pleasurable substances such as coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, and opium fueled the Old World to cross the oceans and enter a new age. 125 illustrations.
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Add this copy of Tastes of Paradise to cart. $8.05, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Pantheon Books.
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Good. Inscription and/or Previous Owners Name on/in Item. The book is bent and doesn't lay flat. Cover art may not match stock image. Products and packages may require more time to be delivered due to limited transportation availability as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 impacts. Fast Shipping-Safe and Secure Mailer!
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Add this copy of Tastes of Paradise. a Social History of Spices, to cart. $62.54, like new condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1992 by Pantheon Books.
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F in F jacket. F/F. 8vo. original brown cloth backed boards gilt (publisher's review label to upper pastedown) in dustwrapper priced $25.00 USA (a trifle rubbed); pp. xiv, 240 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy.
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