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Sugar: A Bittersweet History

Sugar: A Bittersweet History

Sugar: A Bittersweet History

by Elizabeth Abbott

Penguin Group Canada | January 29, 2008 | Trade Paperback

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Sugar: A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about. Impressively researched and commandingly written, this thoroughly engaging book follows the history of sugar to the present day. It is a revealing look at how sugar changed the nature of meals, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, generated a brutal new form of slavery, and jumpstarted the fast-food revolution.

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Sugar: A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about. Impressively researched and commandingly written, this thoroughly engaging book follows the history of sugar to the present day. It is a revealing look at how sugar changed the nature of meals, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, generated a brutal new form of slavery, and jumpstarted the fast-food revolution.

About the Author

Elizabeth Abbott is the former Dean of Women at the University of Toronto and the bestselling author of A History of Celibacy and A History of Mistresses.

Format: Trade Paperback

Published: January 29, 2008

Publisher: Penguin Group Canada

Language: English

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:

ISBN - 10: 0143017136

ISBN - 13: 9780143017134

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