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100 1 $aAbbott, Elizabeth.
245 10 $aSugar :$ba bittersweet history /$cElizabeth Abbott.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bDuckworth Overlook,$c2009, c2008.
300 $ax, 453 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"First published in 2008 by Penguin Group (Canada)"--t.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-440) and index.
505 0 $aPart 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aSugar$xHistory.
650 0 $aSugar$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSugar$xHealth aspects.
650 0 $aSugar crops$xHistory.
650 0 $aSugar plantations$xHistory.
650 0 $aSugar trade$xHistory.
650 0 $aSugar trade$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSugar trade$xEnvironmental aspects.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aAbbott, Elizabeth.$tSugar.$dLondon ; New York : Duckworth Overlook, 2009$w(OCoLC)761165485
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