num_pages: 304
description: Traces the history of sugar production and consumption, examines its relationship with slavery, class ambitions, and industrialization, and describes sugar's impact on modern diet and eating habits.
language: English
title: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
titlecomplete: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
genres: History, Economics, Food, Microhistory, World History, School, Food History, Nonfiction, Academic, Anthropology
ratings_count: 2493
publisher: Penguin Books