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Mintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred)

Summary: 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1986

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 MIN

Abbott, Elizabeth.

Summary: "Sugar" offers a compelling and surprising look at the sweet commodity, from the ways in which it Africanized the cane fields of the Caribbean to how it fueled the Industrial Revolution and jump-started the fast-food craze.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Duckworth Overlook 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.1 ABB

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