Bittersweet:
Macinnis, Peter.
Bittersweet: The story of sugar. Peter Macinnis. - Crows Nest NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2002. - xxv, 190 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index.
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.
1865086576 (pbk.)
2003430100
Sugar--History.
Sugar trade--History.
TP 375.7 / .M33 2002
Bittersweet: The story of sugar. Peter Macinnis. - Crows Nest NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2002. - xxv, 190 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index.
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.
1865086576 (pbk.)
2003430100
Sugar--History.
Sugar trade--History.
TP 375.7 / .M33 2002