Sugar de Abbott, Elizabeth

Duckworth Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Duckworth Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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London: Duckworth Overlook, 2009. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First UK edition. Surface tear on front free endpaper. 2009 Hard Cover. x, 453 pp. The dark past of the most commonplace of commodities revealed. Much like oil today, sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influencing the economic policies of nations, driving international trade and wreaking environmental havoc. The Western world's addiction to sugar came at a terrible human cost: the near extinction of the New World indigenous peoples gave rise to a new form of slavery, as millions of captured Africans were crammed into ships to make the dangerous voyage to Caribbean cane plantations.What began as the extraordinarily expensive luxury of nobles and the very wealthy has become a staple in the modern world. Indeed, it played its own role in creating that world, fuelling the workers of the Industrial Revolution, and giving rise to the craze for fast food. Sugar: A… Leer más

Duckworth Overlook. As New in As New dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 0715638785 . Very Nice Copy with dustjacket, prior owners name removed from first blank page ; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.7 inches; 464 pages .

New York, Overlook 2008. 453 p. Cloth with dustjacket, in good condition

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