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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/167457.Sweetness_and_Power_The_Place_of_Sugar_in_Modern_History?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1172354050m/167457.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/167457.Sweetness_and_Power_The_Place_of_Sugar_in_Modern_History?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/25099.Sidney_W_Mintz">Sidney W. Mintz</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8702353?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>I found most of Sweetness and Power boring. I guess I have a different interpretation of modern than Sidney Mintz. This book focuses on the rise of sugar's prominence in Western (specifically British) diets from the beginning European imperialist exploitation of the Americas through the late 1800's. I guess the last 15-20 pages touch on the 20th century. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/387998?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>