How sugar corrupted the world : from slavery to obesity
Walvin, James2019
Books, Manuscripts
The story of mankind's love of sweetness - the need to consume honey, cane sugar, beet sugar and chemical sweeteners - has important historical origins. We can only fully understand this modern problem by coming to terms with its genesis and history: and we need to consider the historical relationship between society and sweetness over a long historical span. This book seeks to do just that: to tell the story of how the consumption of sugar - the addition of sugar to food and drink - became a fundamental and increasingly troublesome feature of modern life.
Main title:
How sugar corrupted the world : from slavery to obesity / James Walvin.
Author:
Walvin, James, author
Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2019.
Collation:
xxiv, 325 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Originally published: as Sugar. 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472138125 (pbk)
Dewey class:
381.456641381.456
LC class:
HD9100.5
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
2404004