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9781865086576

Bittersweet The Story of Sugar

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  • ISBN13:

    9781865086576

  • ISBN10:

    1865086576

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-05-01
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin

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Summary

Takes the reader on an historical journey of the discovery and development of sugar around the world.

Author Biography

Peter Macinnis is the author of the Science in Action series, which includes Exploring the Environment, The Desert Puffin Originals, and The Rain Forest Puffin Originals.

Table of Contents

About the Author
Acknowledgments
Note on measurements and money
Preface
Introduction
The beginningsp. 1
The spread of sugarp. 13
Sugar in the New Worldp. 30
The English and the Sugar Businessp. 43
Fighting over sugarp. 65
A science of sugarp. 85
Rum and politicsp. 97
The end of slavery in the Americasp. 111
Emancipation's harvestp. 123
The rise of technologyp. 137
Labour problemsp. 147
Sugar in the twentieth centuryp. 162
Epilogue: The costs and benefitsp. 173
Glossaryp. 177
Referencesp. 179
Indexp. 186
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