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Sweetness and power : the place of sugar in modern history
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Sweetness and power : the place of sugar in modern history

Author: Sidney Wilfred Mintz
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 1986, ©1985.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In this book the author 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 its use first as an extravagant luxury for the  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Mintz, Sidney Wilfred, 1922-
Sweetness and power.
New York : Penguin Books, 1986, c1985
(OCoLC)646968332
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Sidney Wilfred Mintz
ISBN: 0140092331 9780140092332
OCLC Number: 13124498
Notes: "Elisabeth Sifton books."
Description: xxx, 274 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Contents: Food, sociality, and sugar --
Production --
Consumption --
Power --
Eating and being.
Responsibility: Sidney W. Mintz.

Abstract:

In this book the author 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 its 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.
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