Sacred gifts, profane, pleasures : a history of tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world / Marcy...
Sacred gifts, profane, pleasures : a history of tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world / Marcy...
Sacred gifts, profane, pleasures : a history of tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world / Marcy Norton.
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Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N394.14/22
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Experiencing the sacred and the social -- Encountering novelties -- Adapting under colonialism -- Going native -- Learning from Indians -- Enduring idolatry -- Commodifying across the Atlantic -- Consuming rituals -- Monopolizing vice -- Enchanting the profane -- Epilogue : globalization, gateways,...
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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Focusing on the Spanish Empire, Marcy Norton investigates how tobacco and chocolate became material and symbolic links to the pre-Hispanic past for colonized Indians and colonizing Europeans alike. Botanical ambassadors of the American continent, they also profoundly affected Europe. Tobacco, once condemned as proof of Indian diabolism, became the...
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Sacred gifts, profane, pleasures : a history of tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world / Marcy Norton.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-320) and index.
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N394.14/22
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74VMjP473jQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjP473jQd
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ISBN
9780801444937 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
394.14
MMS ID
991001007969702626
