Bittersweet
Subtitle: the story of sugar
By: Peter Macinnis.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Crows Nest NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Sugar -- History; Sugar trade -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings; title: The spread of sugar; title: Sugar in the New World; title: The English and the sugar business; title: Fighting over sugar; title: A science of sugar; title: Rum and politics; title: The end of slavery in the Americas; title: Emancipation's harvest; title: The rise of technology; title: Labour problems; title: Sugar in the twentieth century; title: Epilogue: the costs and benefits.