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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... indentureship , the British West Indian sugar industry smashed any hope that emancipation would transform the social and economic structure of the sugar colonies . Specifically , indentureship undermined the bargaining power of black ...
... indentureship , the British West Indian sugar industry smashed any hope that emancipation would transform the social and economic structure of the sugar colonies . Specifically , indentureship undermined the bargaining power of black ...
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... Indentureship was an imperial policy designed and monitored by the British Colonial Office . Its officers , most notably Earl Grey , colonial secretary from 1846 until 1852 , and James Stephen , permanent under- secretary until 1847 ...
... Indentureship was an imperial policy designed and monitored by the British Colonial Office . Its officers , most notably Earl Grey , colonial secretary from 1846 until 1852 , and James Stephen , permanent under- secretary until 1847 ...
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... indentureship on the Caribbean sugar colonies , Fiji , Mauritius and South Africa : more than 1.2 million indentured Indians emigrated , including over half a million each to the Caribbean and to Africa . In India , recruiters sought ...
... indentureship on the Caribbean sugar colonies , Fiji , Mauritius and South Africa : more than 1.2 million indentured Indians emigrated , including over half a million each to the Caribbean and to Africa . In India , recruiters sought ...
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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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