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Description: Sweetness and Power : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140092332 : 0140092331 : 01 Feb 1995 : A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a slave crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with.
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Product ID: 9780140092332
MPN: 0140092331
GTIN: 9780140092332
Author: Alexander the Corrector
Rating: 5
Review: With an exhilarating narrative sweep, 'Sweetness and Power' situates sugar at the emergence of modern consumer society - showing how its production institutionalised slavery and set the template for the industrial age, while its trade broke the links between calories and local food production and ushered in the modern era of global consumerism. The scope of Mintz's research is remarkable, but it's his insights into how an everyday commodity can reveal the deep workings of history that makes this book such a classic.
Author: Abi Denton
Rating: 4
Review: Good interesting read and helpful for essay writing.