Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science
Título
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Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science
Marc, Aronson
Resumen
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Sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. Cane--not cotton or tobacco--drove the bloody Atlantic slave trade and took the lives of countless Africans who toiled on vast sugar plantations under cruel overseers. And yet the very popularity of sugar gave abolitionists in England the one tool that could finally end the slave trade. This book traces the history of sugar from its origins in New Guinea around 7000 B.C. to its use in the 21st century to produce ethanol.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2010
Descripción física
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ix, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Nota general
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"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Miffling Harcourt Publishing Company, 2010."--Title page verso.
Excellence In Nonfiction For Young Adults Honor, 2012
Término de la materia
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Sugar trade -- History.
Slavery -- History.
Liberty -- History.
Passive resistance -- History.
Sugar -- History.
Autor añadido
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Budhos, Marina Tamar,
Síntesis
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Sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. Cane--not cotton or tobacco--drove the bloody Atlantic slave trade and took the lives of countless Africans who toiled on vast sugar plantations under cruel overseers. And yet the very popularity of sugar gave abolitionists in England the one tool that could finally end the slave trade. This book traces the history of sugar from its origins in New Guinea around 7000 B.C. to its use in the 21st century to produce ethanol.
ISBN
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9780618574926
9780544582477
Información de publicación
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Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]
©2010
| Biblioteca | Signatura topográfica | Tipo de material | Código de barras del documento | Estado |
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| A. Blair McPherson | 664 ARO | Book | 31458000136039 | Non-Fiction |