The World of Sugar : : How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years / / Ulbe Bosma.
The definitive 2,500-year history of sugar and its human costs, from its little-known origins as a luxury good in Asia to worldwide environmental devastation and the obesity pandemic.For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. After all, it serves no necessary purpose in our diets, and ex...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Timeline
- Dramatis Personae
- Introduction
- 1 Asia’s World of Sugar
- 2 Sugar Going West
- 3 War and Slavery
- 4 Science and Steam
- 5 State and Industry
- 6 Slavery Stays
- 7 Crisis and Wonder Cane
- 8 Global Sugar, National Identities
- 9 American Sugar Kingdom
- 10 Rising Protectionism
- 11 The Proletariat
- 12 Failed Decolonization
- 13 Corporate Sugar
- 14 Sweeter Than Nature
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Image Credits
- Index