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Sweetness and power : the place of sugar in modern history

Roxborough, Ian, Mintz, Sidney W.·1986·Man

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xxx, 274 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm; In thid book the author 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 are sugar's origins 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; "Elisabeth Sifton books."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index; Food, sociality, and sugar -- Production -- Consumption -- Power -- Eating and being

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Authors: Roxborough, I., & Mintz, S. W.
Venue: Man
Publisher: JSTOR
Published: 1986-09
Volume: 21
Issue: 3
Pages: 575
ISSN: 0025-1496 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.2307/2803144
OpenAlex: W2796100657
Cited by: 1,769
References: 0
Citations by year: 2025: 47 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 93 · 2021: 93 · 2020: 118 · 2019: 90 · 2018: 110 · 2017: 58 · 2016: 61 · 2015: 73 · 2014: 71 · 2013: 67 · 2012: 90
FWCI: 123.37
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Man (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
Social Sciences › Anthropology › Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
Keywords: sugar, sugar trade, sugar industry, colonialism, sugar plantations, history of sugar

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