Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Sidney W. Mintz
304 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0140092331
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Language: English
Publish: August 5, 1986
AcademicAnthropologyEconomicsFoodFood HistoryHistoryMicrohistoryNonfictionSchoolWorld History
Traces the history of sugar production and consumption, examines its relationship with slavery, class ambitions, and industrialization, and describes sugar’s impact on modern diet and eating habits.