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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... numbers ever growing, had to rely on nonalcoholic beverages. The Koran commended honey for its medicinal benefits, and mint tea, served very hot and laden with honey, was a favorite. Honey remains an important sweetener in the Middle ...
... numbers ever growing, had to rely on nonalcoholic beverages. The Koran commended honey for its medicinal benefits, and mint tea, served very hot and laden with honey, was a favorite. Honey remains an important sweetener in the Middle ...
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... numbers of mixed - race children were living proof that it was a common occurrence . The name of the first of these children is unknowable , but Mexican tradition identifies him as Martin Cortés , born in 1522 to conquistador Hernán ...
... numbers of mixed - race children were living proof that it was a common occurrence . The name of the first of these children is unknowable , but Mexican tradition identifies him as Martin Cortés , born in 1522 to conquistador Hernán ...
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... numbers of them by homicides and slaughters never before heard of .... Why do you keep them so oppressed and exhausted , without giving them enough to eat or curing them of the sicknesses they incur from the excessive labor you give ...
... numbers of them by homicides and slaughters never before heard of .... Why do you keep them so oppressed and exhausted , without giving them enough to eat or curing them of the sicknesses they incur from the excessive labor you give ...
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... attract significant numbers of whites to work the cane , and were increasingly concerned about the security implications of such enormous imbalances between white and black . Sugar was the culprit in this imbalance : in colonies.
... attract significant numbers of whites to work the cane , and were increasingly concerned about the security implications of such enormous imbalances between white and black . Sugar was the culprit in this imbalance : in colonies.
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... number of homicides by the Spanish ladies taught by Indian women , who , by the use of chocolate had corresponded with the devil . " In France , Madame de Sévigné warned her pregnant daughter that “ the Marquise de Coëtlogon drank so ...
... number of homicides by the Spanish ladies taught by Indian women , who , by the use of chocolate had corresponded with the devil . " In France , Madame de Sévigné warned her pregnant daughter that “ the Marquise de Coëtlogon drank so ...
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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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