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Title: Sweetness and Power
Subtitle: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Author: Sidney W. Mintz
Narrator: Tom Perkins
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-20-17
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: History, World
Publisher's Summary:
In this eye-opening study, Sidney W. Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar and reveals how closely interwoven sugar's origins are as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies, with its use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. Finally, he considers how sugar has altered work patterns, eating habits, and our diet in modern times.
Critic Reviews:
"Shows how the intelligent analysis of the history of a single commodity can be used to pry open the history of an entire world of social relationships and human behavior." (
The New York Review of Books)
Members Reviews:
Four Stars
College reading material, delivered as promised.
Five Stars
book in good condition.
Five Stars
It came well
How sweet it is
The book was very informative. Based upon the research, I found this book to be quite accurate. It allowed me to cite my sources and make comparisons. I could have rented this book in the schools library but my interest on the subject matter ensued me to purchase the book as a keepsake for my library. I recommend this book highly.
Five Stars
Good read.
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Title: Sweetness and Power
Subtitle: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Author: Sidney W. Mintz
Narrator: Tom Perkins
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-20-17
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: History, World
Publisher's Summary:
In this eye-opening study, Sidney W. Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar and reveals how closely interwoven sugar's origins are as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies, with its use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. Finally, he considers how sugar has altered work patterns, eating habits, and our diet in modern times.
Critic Reviews:
"Shows how the intelligent analysis of the history of a single commodity can be used to pry open the history of an entire world of social relationships and human behavior." (
The New York Review of Books)
Members Reviews:
Four Stars
College reading material, delivered as promised.
Five Stars
book in good condition.
Five Stars
It came well
How sweet it is
The book was very informative. Based upon the research, I found this book to be quite accurate. It allowed me to cite my sources and make comparisons. I could have rented this book in the schools library but my interest on the subject matter ensued me to purchase the book as a keepsake for my library. I recommend this book highly.
Five Stars
Good read.