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Sweetness and power

Paperback • 1986

Sweetness and power

By Sidney Kwestel

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<b>A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets</b> <p>In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colo...Show more

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9780140092332

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1986

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Sweetness and power

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