Sugar : the world corrupted, from slavery to obesity
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, ©2018.
Status
Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction
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633.6 WALVI
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, ©2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxiv, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-315) and index.
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How did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating yet again into the cause of a global health epidemic? Prior to 1600, sugar was a costly luxury, the domain of the rich. But with the rise of the sugar colonies in the New World over the following century, sugar became cheap, ubiquitous and an everyday necessity. Less than fifty years ago, few people suggested that sugar posed a global health problem. And yet today, sugar is regularly denounced as a dangerous addiction, on a par with tobacco. . . . Acclaimed historian James Walvin looks at the history of our collective sweet tooth, beginning with the sugar grown by enslaved people who had been uprooted and shipped vast distances to undertake the grueling labor on plantations. The combination of sugar and slavery would transform the tastes of the Western world."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Walvin, J. (2018). Sugar: the world corrupted, from slavery to obesity (First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.). Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walvin, James. 2018. Sugar: The World Corrupted, From Slavery to Obesity. Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walvin, James. Sugar: The World Corrupted, From Slavery to Obesity Pegasus Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Walvin, James. Sugar: The World Corrupted, From Slavery to Obesity First Pegasus Books hardcover edition., Pegasus Books, 2018.
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