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Sweetness and Power
- 274 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 1985
- 3 editions
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1 About this book
In thid 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 extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. Finally, he considers how sugar has altered work patterns, eating habits, and our diet in modern times.
Good for readers who want: history and business.
- History
- Business & economics
- Social history
- Social science
- Sociology
- Commerce
- Feeding Behavior
- Industries
2 About Sidney Wilfred Mintz
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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