Sugar: A Bittersweet HistorySugar: A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about. Impressively researched and commandingly written, this thoroughly engaging book follows the history of sugar to the present day. It is a revealing look at how sugar changed the nature of meals, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, generated a brutal new form of slavery, and jumpstarted the fast-food revolution. |
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Page 156
... estates were worth more than £ 20,000 , excluding the value of land . Slaves were usually any sugar plantation's largest investment . The slaves on a modest Cuban plantation in Santiago de Cuba accounted for 33 percent of its value ...
... estates were worth more than £ 20,000 , excluding the value of land . Slaves were usually any sugar plantation's largest investment . The slaves on a modest Cuban plantation in Santiago de Cuba accounted for 33 percent of its value ...
Page 163
... estate to John Frederick , his only surviving child . John Frederick was raised in England while attorneys managed his ... estates at least once a decade to prevent feckless agents from running them into the ground . John Frederick's ...
... estate to John Frederick , his only surviving child . John Frederick was raised in England while attorneys managed his ... estates at least once a decade to prevent feckless agents from running them into the ground . John Frederick's ...
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... estates in 1833 , only five million pounds were produced on only 782 estates in 1862. By the late nineteenth century , Cuba had to import coffee , but by 1894 produced fifty times the amount of sugar Jamaica exported . Between 1815 and ...
... estates in 1833 , only five million pounds were produced on only 782 estates in 1862. By the late nineteenth century , Cuba had to import coffee , but by 1894 produced fifty times the amount of sugar Jamaica exported . Between 1815 and ...
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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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