Sugar, a bittersweet history, Elizabeth Abbott
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Label
Sugar, a bittersweet history, Elizabeth Abbott
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-440) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sugar
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
426803433
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth Abbott
Sub title
a bittersweet history
Summary
"Sugar" offers a compelling and surprising look at the sweet commodity, from the ways in which it Africanized the cane fields of the Caribbean to how it fueled the Industrial Revolution and jump-started the fast-food craze
Table Of Contents
Part 1: The oriental delight conquers the world -- The reign of sugar begins -- The proletarianization of sugar -- Part 2: Black sugar -- The Africanization of the cane fields -- The world the whites made -- Sugar stirs the universe -- Part 3: Abolition through resistance and parliament -- Racism, resistance, rebellion and revolution -- Blood in the sugar : abolishing the slave trade -- Slaying monsters : slavery and apprenticeship -- Cuba and Louisiana : sugar for North America -- Part 4: The sweetening world -- The sugar diasporas -- Meet and eat me in St. Louis! -- Sugar's legacies and prospects -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- Credits
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Subject
- 15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other
- History (form)
- Social aspects
- Geschichte 1500-2009
- Sucre -- Aspect social
- Sucre -- Industrie -- Histoire
- Sucre -- Industrie -- Aspect de l'environnement
- Sugar industry
- Zuckermarkt
- Sucre -- Histoire
- Sozialgeschichte 1500-2009
- Sugar trade + History
- Sugar plantations + History
- Sugar
- Sugar crops + History
- Plantes saccharifères -- Histoire
- Sugar + History
- Nonfiction
- Sugar + Health aspects
- Sugar + Social aspects
- Sucre -- Industrie -- Aspect social
- Zucker
- Sugar trade + Social aspects
- Sugar trade + Environmental aspects
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- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject24
- 15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other
- History (form)
- Social aspects
- Geschichte 1500-2009
- Sucre -- Aspect social
- Sucre -- Industrie -- Histoire
- Sucre -- Industrie -- Aspect de l'environnement
- Sugar industry
- Zuckermarkt
- Sucre -- Histoire
- Sozialgeschichte 1500-2009
- Sugar trade + History
- Sugar plantations + History
- Sugar
- Sugar crops + History
- Plantes saccharifères -- Histoire
- Sugar + History
- Nonfiction
- Sugar + Health aspects
- Sugar + Social aspects
- Sucre -- Industrie -- Aspect social
- Zucker
- Sugar trade + Social aspects
- Sugar trade + Environmental aspects
- Content1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1