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Title: Sweetness and Power
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Author: Sidney W. Mintz
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0140092331
EAN: 9780140092332
ISBN: 9780140092332
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Release Date: 05/08/1986
Description: 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 is use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. Finally, he considers how sugar has altered work patterns, eating habits, and our diet in modern times.

"Like sugar, Mintz is persuasive, and his detailed history is a real treat." -San Francisco Chronicle
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 197mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 14mm
Item Weight: 215g
Release Year: 1986

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