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Book SynopsisAn ''entertaining, informative and utterly depressing global history of an important commodity . . . By alerting readers to the ways that modernity''s very origins are entangled with a seemingly benign and delicious substance, How Sugar Corrupted the World raises fundamental questions about our world.''
Sven Beckert, the Laird Bell professor of American history at Harvard University and the author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History, in the New York Times
''A brilliant and thought-provoking history of sugar and its ironies''
Bee Wilson, Wall Street Journal
''Shocking and revelatory . . . no other product has so changed the world, and no other book reveals the scale of its impact.'' David Olusoga
''This study could not be more timely.'' Laura Sandy, Lecturer in the History of Slavery, University of Liverpool
The story of sugar, and of mankind''s desire for sweetness in food and drink is a compelling, though confusing sto
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A brilliant and thought-provoking history of sugar and its ironies -- Bee Wilson * Wall Street Journal *
As an historian of slavery, Walvin is well-versed in the triangular trade and explains the role of sugar cane in bringing Africans to the Caribbean. His survey of sugar in our lives is very readable. -- Katrina Gulliver * Spectator *
A convincing, deep history of this (in)famous product . . . This is not simply the tale of those who toiled to produce sugar . . . Something more than just a scholarly text, this study could not be more timely -- Laura Sandy, Lecturer in the History of Slavery at the University of Liverpool * History Today *
This study could not be more timely. -- Laura Sandy, Lecturer in the History of Slavery, University of Liverpool
A refreshingly historical look at a substance we often take for granted * History Revealed *
Former history professor James Walvin's latest book aims to untangle the social, political, and economic history of sugar, a commodity that began as the preserve of the elite, but which now saturates cultures the world over' * NZME *
An 'entertaining, informative and utterly depressing global history of an important commodity . . . By alerting readers to the ways that modernity's very origins are entangled with a seemingly benign and delicious substance, How Sugar Corrupted the World raises fundamental questions about our world.' -- Sven Beckert, the Laird Bell professor of American history at Harvard University and the author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History * New York Times *
