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Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science

text Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science

Summary
Sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. Cane--not cotton or tobacco--drove the bloody Atlantic slave trade and took the lives of countless Africans who toiled on vast sugar plantations under cruel overseers. And yet the very popularit... Read more
Contents
From magic to spice. Gods and rituals -- The world's first true university -- The storm of God -- Fortress Europe -- The champagne fairs -- Out of war comes sweetness -- The problem with sugar cane -- Hell. A cycle of death and sweetness -- The pu... Read more
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ix, 166 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Clarion Books 2010

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