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Sugar : A Bittersweet History by Elizabeth Abbott is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Much like oil today, sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influencing the economic policies of nations, driving international trade and wreaking environmental havoc. The Western world's addiction to sugar came at a terrible human cost: the near extinction of the New World indigenous peoples gave rise to a new form of slavery, as millions of captured Africans were crammed into ships to make the dangerous voyage to Caribbean cane plantations. What began as the extraordinarily expensive luxury of nobles and the very wealthy has become a staple in the modern world. Indeed, it played its own role in creating that world, fuelling the workers of the Industrial Revolution, and giving rise to the craze for fast food. "Sugar: A Bittersweet History" tells the extraordinary, dramatic and thought-provoking story of this most commonplace of products from its very origins to the present day. Elizabeth Abbott examines how and in what quantities we still consume sugar; its role in the crisis of obesity and diabetes; how its cultivation continues to affect the environment; and how coerced labour continues in so many sugar-producing nations. Richly detailed, i

Who reads Sugar : A Bittersweet History?

Author

Elizabeth Abbott

Publisher

Overlook TP

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590202975

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Economics, Fiction

Rating

3.64 / 5 (208 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13