Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World

Name: Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World
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ISBN: 9780801476327

ISBN-10: 0801476321

ISBN-13: 9780801476327

Edition: 2010

Authors: Marcy Norton

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Before Columbus's fateful voyage in 1492, no European had ever seen, much less tasted, tobacco or chocolate. Initially dismissed as dry leaves and an odd Indian drink, these two commodities came to conquer Europe on a scale unsurpassed by any other American resource or product. A fascinating story of contact, exploration, and exchange in the Atlantic world, Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures traces the ways in which these two goods of the Americas both changed and were changed by Europe.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…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 1/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.100



List of Maps, Tables, and Illustrations


Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



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


Notes


Glossary


Index