Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar

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• 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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