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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sidney W. Mintz (Paperback, 1986)

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Author: Sidney W. Mintz. "Like sugar, Mintz is persuasive, and his detailed history is a real treat.". -San Francisco Chronicle. Title: Sweetness and Power. Subtitle: The Place of Sugar in Modern History.

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In this eye-opening study, Sidney 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 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.