Sugar: A Bittersweet HistoryDuckworth Overlook, 2009 - 453 páginas In 'Sugar', Elizabeth Abbott takes a spoonful of sugar & tells its extraordinary story, from its origins in the South Pacific, to the way it transformed eating habits in the 19th century, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, & generated a brutal new form of slavery & colonial oppression in the developing world. |
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... American capital gravitated to it . By 1896 , direct American investment in Cuba , including sugar , cattle ranching , fruit and tobacco estates , was an estimated $ 950 million . This included the nineteen Cuban refineries owned by the ...
... American capital gravitated to it . By 1896 , direct American investment in Cuba , including sugar , cattle ranching , fruit and tobacco estates , was an estimated $ 950 million . This included the nineteen Cuban refineries owned by the ...
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... American people , and was the American market's primary domestic source . Until 1803 , Louisiana was North America's bartered bride , batted back and forth between aggrandizing nations ( Spain , imperial France , England and Napoleonic ...
... American people , and was the American market's primary domestic source . Until 1803 , Louisiana was North America's bartered bride , batted back and forth between aggrandizing nations ( Spain , imperial France , England and Napoleonic ...
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... American Beet Company , 305 American Federation of Labor , 308 American Revolution , 107 , 172-73 , 175 , 205 , 213 , 269 , 271 American Sugar Refining Company ( ASRC ) , 279 Amerindians , 31-32 Anna , Duchess of Bedford , 58 Anna Fry ...
... American Beet Company , 305 American Federation of Labor , 308 American Revolution , 107 , 172-73 , 175 , 205 , 213 , 269 , 271 American Sugar Refining Company ( ASRC ) , 279 Amerindians , 31-32 Anna , Duchess of Bedford , 58 Anna Fry ...
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The Oriental Delight Conquers the West | 9 |
The Africanization of the Cane Fields | 75 |
The World the Whites Made | 121 |
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