The World of Sugar : How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years.
Traversing 2,500 years of global history, Ulbe Bosma shows how sugar, once a luxury reserved for Eastern emperors, stoked a mania in the West, transforming diets and ecosystems, destroying and creating cultures, and shaping the history of bondage and freedom. A major source of calories only since 19...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Harvard University Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Traversing 2,500 years of global history, Ulbe Bosma shows how sugar, once a luxury reserved for Eastern emperors, stoked a mania in the West, transforming diets and ecosystems, destroying and creating cultures, and shaping the history of bondage and freedom. A major source of calories only since 1900, sugar has suddenly revolutionized our world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (465 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780674293311 0674293312 |