Sugar: A Bittersweet HistoryAbrams, 2011 M09 27 - 545 páginas This dramatic history of an ingredient that changed the world “offers up a number of fascinating stories” (The New York Times Book Review). Sugar explores the history behind the sweetness, revealing, among other stories, how powerful American interests deposed Queen Lili’uokalani of Hawaii; how Hitler tried to ensure a steady supply of beet sugar when enemies threatened to cut off Germany’s supply of overseas cane sugar; and how South Africa established a domestic ethanol industry in the wake of anti-apartheid sugar embargos. The book follows the role of sugar in world events and in individual lives up to the present day, showing how it made eating on the run socially acceptable and played an integral role in today’s fast food culture and obesity epidemic. Impressively researched and commandingly written, Sugar will forever change perceptions of this tempting treat. “A highly readable and comprehensive study of a remarkable product.” —The Independent “Epic in ambition and briskly written.” —The Wall Street Journal “Readers will never again be able to casually sweeten tea or eat sweets without considering the long and fascinating history of sugar.” —Booklist |
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... became " to work like a Moor . " On São Tomé , off the Guinea coast , Portuguese planters grew sugarcane with slave labor . In 1493 , Portugal even sent two thousand Jewish children , aged two to ten , to work as sugar slaves . Their ...
... became " to work like a Moor . " On São Tomé , off the Guinea coast , Portuguese planters grew sugarcane with slave labor . In 1493 , Portugal even sent two thousand Jewish children , aged two to ten , to work as sugar slaves . Their ...
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... became sugar artists . They mixed sugar , oil , crushed almonds or other nuts and vegetable gums into a malleable clay , then sculpted or pressed it into molds in the shapes of “ castles , towers , horses , bears and apes " that were ...
... became sugar artists . They mixed sugar , oil , crushed almonds or other nuts and vegetable gums into a malleable clay , then sculpted or pressed it into molds in the shapes of “ castles , towers , horses , bears and apes " that were ...
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... became the United States . " The significance of Spain's Indian policy lies in the fact that it provided an instruction for Spain's successors in the Caribbean which they were not slow to better . It marked an indelible stamp of ...
... became the United States . " The significance of Spain's Indian policy lies in the fact that it provided an instruction for Spain's successors in the Caribbean which they were not slow to better . It marked an indelible stamp of ...
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... became standard weapons in the never - ending struggle to subdue enslaved workers . Las Casas quoted the cacique Hatuey , who warned against accepting Christianity : " They tell us , these tyrants , that they adore a God of peace and ...
... became standard weapons in the never - ending struggle to subdue enslaved workers . Las Casas quoted the cacique Hatuey , who warned against accepting Christianity : " They tell us , these tyrants , that they adore a God of peace and ...
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... became what Basil Davidson calls “an absolutely essential aspect of the whole Spanish-American enterprise. The Kings of Spain lived off the trade.” 41 In attempting to free the Indians, Las Casas had facilitated the enslavement of the ...
... became what Basil Davidson calls “an absolutely essential aspect of the whole Spanish-American enterprise. The Kings of Spain lived off the trade.” 41 In attempting to free the Indians, Las Casas had facilitated the enslavement of the ...
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The World the Whites Made | |
Sugar Stirs the Universe | |
Racism Resistance Rebellion and Revolution | |
Abolishing the Slave Trade | |
Slavery and Apprenticeship | |
Sugar for North America | |
The Sugar Diasporas | |
Meet and Eat Me in St Louis | |
Sugars Legacies and Prospects | |
Notes | |
Select Bibliography | |
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