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Smith, Andrew F., 1946-, author.
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641.336 SMI
Fecha de publicación
2015
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"Sugar is one of the most beloved substances consumed by humans, and also one of the most reviled. It has come to dominate our diets -- whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks or even bread and pasta sauces -- for better and for worse. This fascinating history of this addictive ingredient reveals its incredible value as a global commodity and explores its darker legacies of slavery and widespread obesity" --Provided by book jacket.
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215604.8594
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Smith, Andrew F., 1946-
Signatura topográfica preferida
641.336 SMI
Fecha de publicación
2015
Resumen
It's no surprise that sugar has been on our minds for millennia. First cultivated in New Guinea around 8,000 B.C.E., this addictive sweetener has since come to dominate our appetites-whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks, or even pasta sauces-for better and for worse. In this book, Andrew F. Smith offers a fascinating history of this simultaneously beloved and reviled ingredient, holding its incredible value as a global commodity up against its darker legacies of slavery and widespread obesity. As Smith demonstrates, sugar's past is chockfull of determined adventurers: relentless s
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Recursos electrónicos
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190158.5625
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Bosma, Ulbe, 1962- 1962-, author.
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641.336 BOS
Fecha de publicación
2023
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Traversing 2,500 years of global history, Ulbe Bosma shows how sugar, once a luxury reserved for Eastern emperors, stoked a mania in the West, transforming diets and ecosystems, destroying and creating cultures, and shaping the history of bondage and freedom. A major source of calories only since 1900, sugar has suddenly revolutionized our world.
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