Mary C. Neuburger Bücher

In writing the life of tobacco in Bulgaria from the late Ottoman period through the years of Communist rule, Neuburger gives us much more than the cultural history of a commodity; she provides a fresh perspective on the genesis of modern Bulgaria...

"This book explores the transformation of foodways in modern Bulgaria, through focused chapters on bread, meat, milk, vegetables, and wine. Such ingredients--as the Bulgarian diet itself--changed radically in form and substance in the shadow of changing global and local narratives, practices, and possibilities"--