Synopsis
Chronicles the human pursuit of sugar to satisfy our collective sweet tooth. The book describes this history in terms of ages, beginning with the Age of Honey, built on local growth and consumption of comestibles; through the Age of Sugar and its slave-supported "factory" plantation method of production; and into a period of science and freedom, when enslaved workers claimed their human rights and production of sweeteners shifted from the field to the lab.
Book Details
ISBN-13 :
9780618574926
Publisher :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Date of Addition:
2012-10-31T20:14:06Z
Language :
eng
Categories :
Children's Books
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History
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Nonfiction
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Politics and Government
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government
Usage Restrictions:
Copyright.