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A Taste for Provence
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
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Description for A Taste for Provence
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
Provence today is a state of mind as much as a region of France, promising clear skies and bright sun, gentle breezes scented with lavender and wild herbs, scenery alternately bold and intricate, and delicious foods served alongside heady wines. Yet in the mid-twentieth century, a travel guide called the region a “mostly dry, scrubby, rocky, arid land.” How, then, did Provence become a land of desire—an alluring landscape for the American holiday?
In A Taste for Provence, historian Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz digs into this question and spins a wonderfully appealing tale of how Provence became Provence. The ... Read more
Provence today is a state of mind as much as a region of France, promising clear skies and bright sun, gentle breezes scented with lavender and wild herbs, scenery alternately bold and intricate, and delicious foods served alongside heady wines. Yet in the mid-twentieth century, a travel guide called the region a “mostly dry, scrubby, rocky, arid land.” How, then, did Provence become a land of desire—an alluring landscape for the American holiday?
In A Taste for Provence, historian Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz digs into this question and spins a wonderfully appealing tale of how Provence became Provence. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226322841
SKU
V9780226322841
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Ref
99-50
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