Sugar : a bittersweet history /: a bittersweet history. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth Abbott.
• Other Names: Abbott, Elizabeth, 1942-
• Contents: Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Toc; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 The Oriental Delight Conquers the West; 1. The Reign of Sugar Begins; 2. The Proletarianization of Sugar; Part 2 Black Sugar; 3. The Africanization of the Cane Fields; 4. The World the Whites Made; 5. Sugar Stirs the Universe; Part 3 Abolition Through Resistance and Parliament; 6. Racism, Resistance, Rebellion and Revolution; 7. Blood in the Sugar: Abolishing the Slave Trade; 8. 8. Slaying Monsters: Slavery and Apprenticeship; 9. Cuba and Louisiana: Sugar for North America. Part 4 The Sweetening World10. The Sugar Diasporas; 11. Meet and Eat Me in St. Louis!; 12. Sugar's Legacies and Prospects; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Credits.
• Publisher Details: Toronto : Penguin Canada
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 453 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 338.1/736; Sugar -- History; Sugar; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0715640348; 9780715640340
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-440) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.