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

Aronson, Marc, Budhos, Marina

ISBN 10: 0618574921 / ISBN 13: 9780618574926

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2010

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sugar Changed the World : A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618574921
• ISBN 13: 9780618574926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.603 pounds

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Synopsis

When this award-winning husband-and-wife team discovered that they each had sugar in their family history, they were inspired to trace the globe-spanning story of the sweet substance and to seek out the voices of those who led bitter sugar lives. The trail ran like a bright band from religious ceremonies in India to Europe’s Middle Ages, then on to Columbus, who brought the first cane cuttings to the Americas. Sugar was the substance that drove the bloody slave trade and caused the loss of countless lives but it also planted the seeds of revolution that led to freedom in the American colonies, Haiti, and France. With songs, oral histories, maps, and over 80 archival illustrations, here is the story of how one product allows us to see the grand currents of world history in new ways. Time line, source notes, bibliography, index.

About the Authors

Marc Aronson has won many awards and prizes for his books, including the first Sibert Award and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for Eldorado. Marina Budhos is an assistant professor of English at William Paterson University. She is the author of Ask Me No Questions, winner of the inaugural James Cook Teen Book Award. She and her husband live with their two sons in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Marc Aronson has won many awards and prizes for his books, including the first Sibert Award and the Boston Globe'Horn Book Award for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for Eldorado. Marina Budhos is an assistant professor of English at William Paterson University. She is the author of Ask Me No Questions, winner of the inaugural James Cook Teen Book Award. She and her husband live with their two sons in Maplewood, New Jersey.