Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History BOTY_2025 With all the mounting pressure

With all the mounting pressure and expectations—of their family

An excellent read-aloud to be shared again and again

Hollis finds himself losing control of his body and mind

" from a stunning new voice in psychological suspense

Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History BOTY_2025 With all the mounting pressureA fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this eye opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave"