Publication:

Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar

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    Authors & editors

    McKinnis, Peter [Author]

    Publisher Allen & Unwin
    Year of publication 2002 -
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    Medium Digital
    Edition1
    ISBN9781865086576
    Topics

    Food (non-cereal) processes > Sugar

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    Divisions within this publication

    • 1: Note on measurements and money
    • 2: Preface
    • 3: Introduction
    • 4: 1 The beginnings 1
    • 5: 2 The spread of sugar 13
    • 6: 3 Sugar in the New World 30
    • 7: 4 The English and the Sugar Business 43
    • 8: 5 Fighting over sugar 65
    • 9: 6 A science of sugar 85
    • 10: 7 Rum and politics 97
    • 11: 8 The end of slavery in the Americas 111
    • 12: 9 Emancipation’s harvest 123
    • 13: 10 The rise of technology 137
    • 14: 11 Labour problems 147
    • 15: 12 Sugar in the twentieth century 162
    • 16: Epilogue: The costs and benefits 173
    • 17: Glossary 177
    • 18: References 179

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