Sugar Changed the World : : a Story of Spice, Magic, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
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Call Number: Teen 664.109 Ar, Teen Book / Nonfiction / History
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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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.
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very well done submitted by willow on June 25, 2015, 8:56pm A look at the history of sugar in a style that is appealing to teenagers.
PUBLISHED
Boston : Clarion Books, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: ix, 166 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1130
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780618574926
0618574921
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Budhos, Marina Tamar.
SUBJECTS
Sugar -- History.
Sugar trade -- History.
Slavery -- History.
Liberty -- History.
Passive resistance -- History.