Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science (Hardcover)

from KarenBall

Now that is one ambitious title! Both authors have family connections to the sugar industry, and those led them to research the history of sugar. Turns out those little white grains that sweeten my coffee come from a particularly brutal history. The beginnings of sugar cane cultivation came from ...

from Citizenjoyce

This book uses the topic of the growth of the sugar trade to describe slavery and the exploitation of workers around the world. There's quite a great deal about slavery on sugar plantations mostly in South America and the Caribbeans, some in Louisiana. Marc Aronson says that, harsh as slaves were...

from kmarch3

5Q, 2P This seems like the sort of book that adults (myself included) will find highly fascinating but which tweens and teens could only be persuaded to read if they were writing a report on the subject of slavery or the history of sugar (or both). It certainly explains much about the world's his...

from Ctorm

4Q 4P A fascinating and frightening overview of the global effects of sugar and an examination of how this sweet entity brought about so much pain and change. A timely and important work that shows how important it is to understand where our food comes from and the cost of consumption. Readers wi...

from MaestraDixon

This book tells the story of sugar from its earliest discovery to the present age. The history is presented with compelling historical images, photographs, first person accounts from people affected by the sugar trade, early picture books, and understandable historical accounts. Sugar is a theme ...