Tag: sugar
Sugar, Slavery, and Freedom in 19th Century Puerto Rico
by Luis A. Figueroa From the publisher: The contributions of the black population to the history and economic development of Puerto Rico have long been distorted and underplayed, Luis A. […]
Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana’s Cane World, 1820-1860
by Richard Follett From the publisher: Focusing on the master-slave relationship in Louisiana’s antebellum sugarcane country, The Sugar Masters explores how a modern, capitalist mind-set among planters meshed with old-style […]
Slaves to Sweetness: British and Caribbean Literatures of Sugar
by Carl Plasa From the publisher: Apparently innocuous, sugar is a substance which brings with it a profound disquiet, not least because of its direct links with the histories of […]
Seeds of Change: Six Plants that Transformed Mankind
by Henry Hobhouse From the publisher: A personal and highly original take on the history of six commercial plants, Seeds of Change illuminates how sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, quinine, […]
Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana’s Sugar Parishes, 1862-1880
by John C. Rodrigue From the publisher: In Reconstruction in the Cane Fields, John C. Rodrigue examines emancipation and the difficult transition from slavery to free labor in one enclave […]
Black Labor, White Sugar: a history of the Cuban sugarcane industry
by Philip A. Howard From the publisher: Early in the twentieth century, the Cuban sugarcane industry faced a labor crisis when Cuban and European workers balked at the inhumane conditions […]
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos From the publisher: When this award-winning husband-and-wife team discovered that they each had sugar in their family history, they were inspired to trace the […]
Sugar: A Global History
by Andrew F. Smith From the publisher: Sugar is one of the most beloved substances consumed by humans, and also one of the most reviled. It has come to dominate […]
Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets
Editor-in-chief: Darra Goldstein From the publisher: Most comprehensive reference work on the idea of the sweet ever published, with entries on all aspects of sweetness, including chemical, technical, social, cultural, […]