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Sweetness and power

by Sidney Wilfred Mintz, Tom Perkins

1986 274 pages eng

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 su…

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