Sacred gifts, profane pleasures : a history of tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world / Marcy Norton.
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TextPublication details: Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780801476327 (pbk.) :
- Tobacco use -- Latin America -- History
- Tobacco use -- Europe -- History
- Tobacco industry -- Latin America -- History
- Tobacco industry -- Europe -- History
- Chocolate -- Latin America -- History
- Chocolate -- Europe -- History
- Chocolate industry -- Latin America -- History
- Chocolate industry -- Europe -- History
- Europe -- Civilization -- Latin American influences
- Latin America -- Civilization -- European influences
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-320) and index.
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, and transformations.
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