Sugar : a bittersweet history
Record details
- ISBN: 159020297X
- ISBN: 9781590202975
- ISBN: 159020297X
- ISBN: 9781590202975
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Physical Description:
x, 453 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: London ; New York : Duckworth Overlook, 2009, c2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in 2008 by Penguin Group (Canada)"--t.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-440) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Sugar History Sugar Social aspects Sugar Health aspects Sugar crops History Sugar plantations History Sugar trade History Sugar trade Social aspects Sugar trade Environmental aspects |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | 633.61 ABB (Text) | 34005106949711 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |