Sugar : a bittersweet history /
Elizabeth Abbott.
- London ; New York : Duckworth Overlook, 2009, c2008.
- x, 453 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-440) and index.
Library Journal, April 2010 Booklist, April 2010
Traces the history of sugar, discussing the introduction of sugar to the Western world, enslaved Africans being sent to work on Caribbean cane plantations, and more; and also reveals how much sugar people consume and health implications in the early twenty-first century.