Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - Meg - Goodreads3.5 stars. I'd give this book 5 stars if its title were "Slavery on Sugar Plantations in the Caribbean," because I truly found it to be a well-written and interesting read, which unfortunately only ... Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsSugar: A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about. Impressively researched and commandingly written ... Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - Beth Barnett - GoodreadsAbbott's book on the history of sugar focuses mostly on the sugar plantations and trade with the West Indies. I had expected the book to be more broad in subject matter. That being said, the history ... Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - GoodreadsI just couldn't finish reading this book. I found the topic and a lot of the information fascinating, but the book got bogged down in the minutia. Too much time was spent hashing and rehashing stories ...
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - Manny - GoodreadsThoroughly researched and detailed, it presents the effects of sugar slavery on the mores of social consciousnesses. More of a historical treatise on plantation slavery (overly) rather then the ... Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - L. Todd - GoodreadsGreat history of the slave trade involving this global product. If you want to be disgusted and educated, a must read. Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - L. Wood - GoodreadsGreat history of the slave trade involving this global product. If you want to be disgusted and educated, a must read. Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - Lynne - GoodreadsAn interesting book, revealing how sugar and its economy have infiltrated so many aspects of our lives, history and society. Perhaps a bit too long though; for instance, maybe some of the well known aspects of the slave trade could have been circumscribed. Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - Peter - GoodreadsWas disappointed in this, although it did have its moments. Parts were undigested, and it lacked a real overview and global perspective somehow. That being said, i devoured the detail on the West Indian lobby and British sugar traders. Read full review
Review: Sugar: A Bittersweet History
User Review - GoodreadsI feel like the author lost focus. This was mostly about sugar slavery and how methods of sugar production have effected the race relations in different countries. Excellent research and good writing, but not quite what I expected.
