Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science / by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780618574926
- ISBN: 9781451748864
- ISBN: 1451748868
- ISBN: 0618574921
- ISBN: 9780544582477
- ISBN: 0544582470
- Physical Description: ix, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-159) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | From magic to spice -- Gods and rituals -- The world's first true university -- The storm of God -- Fortress Europe -- The champagne fairs -- Out of war comes sweetness -- The problem with sugar cane -- Hell -- Sidebar : the spherical trade -- A cycle of death and sweetness -- Sidebar : Palmares : the Maroon Kingdom -- The overseer -- Back in Europe -- The best sort of chaw -- The age of sugar -- Freedom -- All men are equal -- All men are equal : America -- "Is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?" -- All men are equal : France -- The sound of liberty -- The sugar purchase and the death state -- Sugar in paradise : "I came seeking the dream" -- Back to our stories : new workers, new sugar -- A new system -- Crossing the black water -- Slavery or freedom? : the in between -- Reform -- Sugar and science -- Sidebar : the sugar genius -- Serfs and sweetness -- The lawyer -- Satyagraha. |
| Target Audience Note: | Target Age Group: 12 and UP. Ingram. 1130L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 8 5 140767. Accelerated Reader UG 8 5. Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.0 5.0 140767. |
| Awards Note: | School Library Journal Best Books, 2010. Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Finalist, 2012. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Sugar trade > History. Slavery > History. Liberty > History. Passive resistance > History. |
| Genre: | Young adult literature. |
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