Bittersweet The Story of Sugar

Name: Bittersweet The Story of Sugar
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ISBN: 9781865086576

ISBN-10: 1865086576

ISBN-13: 9781865086576

Edition: 2003

Authors: Peter Macinnis

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About the author Acknowledgments Note on measurements and money Preface Introduction 1 The beginnings 2 The spread of sugar 3 Sugar in the New World 4 The English and the Sugar Business 5 Fighting over sugar 6 A science of sugar 7 Rum and politics 8 The end of slavery in the Americas 9 Emancipation's harvest 10 The rise of technology 11 Labour problems 12 Sugar in the twentieth century Epilogue: The costs and benefits Glossary References Index

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication date: 5/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Peter Macinnis, a science writer, has also been a teacher and museum educator. The author of twenty books for adults and children, including Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar and Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar, he has appeared on radio and television in his native Australia. He now works for an online encyclopedia and lives in Sydney.



About the Author


Acknowledgments


Note on measurements and money


Preface


Introduction



The beginnings



The spread of sugar



Sugar in the New World



The English and the Sugar Business



Fighting over sugar



A science of sugar



Rum and politics



The end of slavery in the Americas



Emancipation's harvest



The rise of technology



Labour problems



Sugar in the twentieth century


Epilogue: The costs and benefits


Glossary


References


Index