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'A highly readable and comprehensive study of a remarkable product... rare eloquence and passion... a must-read' - Independent. 'Fascinating' - Daily Mail. 'Reading this graphic tale of the global havoc sugar has caused and continues to cause, you might wonder why sugar is not a banned substance; it seems to have done as much harm as opium or heroin... [Abbott's] style is vivid and she's done her research, right back to her sugar plantation Antiguan ancestors. It's a good read - but it might stay your hand next time you reach for a chocolate biscuit to enjoy with your coffee' - Irish Times. 'Zestful... belongs to that recent genre of food histories which have had huge public appeal... Abbott's breezy and energetic style will doubtless find an enthusiastic readership among people keen to make sense of the world around them via the history of this remarkable commodity' - BBC History. 'The blood-drenched history of sugar is carefully mapped in Elizabeth Abbot's impressive overview, which is guaranteed to make you choke on your chocolate - Enlightening and as dismaying as a sugar crash' - Metro. 'Read it and you'll never stir sugar into your coffee or sprinkle it over your berries in quite the same mindless way. I promise' - Montreal Gazette. 'Brilliant and assiduously researched. Abbott writes about the history of sugar with a fluid, fierce narrative power and a vengeful intelligence. Her personal stake in the story - via her own recently discovered West Indian heritage - makes the book all the more compelling' - Quill & Quire. 'A richly dramatic and fascinating history of how sugar Africanized the New World' - Sun Times.
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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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Intelligent and Intriguing,
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This review is from: Sugar: A Bittersweet History (Paperback)
Elizabeth Abbott's Sugar: A Bittersweet History is an intelligentand intriguing look at a product which many/most of us take for granted. Abbott traces the growth in the world's demand for sugar and the direct role this played in the growth of the slave trade. Abbott's writing is always interesting. The history is interspersed with tiny, elegant details of real people and real lives --- some prospering but most foundering, as a result of the sugar market. It is a very compelling read and the accompanying photographs are excellent. You'll never look at your sugar bowl in the same way again. Sugar: A Bittersweet History
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Sugar and slavery,
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this is a well researched and comprehensive book about sugar and the slave trade in the West indies. It has a couple of excellent chapters on food history and how sugar has shaped our culture. It is very detailed and not a quick read, but worth the time. there are also chapters on the global sugar trade, but most of the book is about the Atlantic slave triangle.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent read,
By Abby "Abby" (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sugar: A Bittersweet History (Paperback)
I looked up this book after learning it was nominated the Charles Taylor Prize. It is well researched and expertly written. I had no idea that there was such a hugely fascinating and emotional history in the little teaspoon of sugar I put in my coffee every morning.
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