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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
by Sidney W. Mintz

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bookshelves: food-and-culture

examines how sugar, once a luxury, became a household necessity...and the impact of its demand and the resulting trade. published in 1985, it predates the trend of single-food-histories like _Salt_ and _Cod_.

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