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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... ethanol ensures a regular and affordable fuel supply and supports the huge sugar industry ; about half of Brazilian sugar is transformed into ethanol , and most of the rest is exported , making Brazil the world's largest sugar exporter ...
... ethanol ensures a regular and affordable fuel supply and supports the huge sugar industry ; about half of Brazilian sugar is transformed into ethanol , and most of the rest is exported , making Brazil the world's largest sugar exporter ...
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... ethanol ) and in most ways superior alternative fuel may have political and diplomatic consequences as important as historic sugar's . An obvious one is that the availability of ethanol will encourage formerly oil - needy nations to end ...
... ethanol ) and in most ways superior alternative fuel may have political and diplomatic consequences as important as historic sugar's . An obvious one is that the availability of ethanol will encourage formerly oil - needy nations to end ...
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... ethanol and federal tax credits for its production . The urgency and incentives to mass - produce ethanol have created serious new issues . One is that low production costs of corn and other grains . trump sugar's superior energy ...
... ethanol and federal tax credits for its production . The urgency and incentives to mass - produce ethanol have created serious new issues . One is that low production costs of corn and other grains . trump sugar's superior energy ...
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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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