Sacred gifts, profane, pleasures : a history of tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world /

Sacred gifts, profane, pleasures : a history of tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norton, Marcy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
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.
Table of 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, and transformations.