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Bittersweet : the story of sugar /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macinnis, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin ; 2002.
Subjects:
Sugar > History.
Sugar trade > History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.