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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 0670687022 9780670687022 [US]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking Adult] Hardcover Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 1.4 [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking Adult] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 1.4 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking Adult] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.4 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Brand: Viking Adult] Hardcover First Edition Sugar has been around for milennia, but only in the past two centuries has it become a significant foodstuff and major cash crop, and then only in the West. As a preservative, as a medicine, in decoration, as a spice or condiment, and as a sweetener, sugar has grown incredibly, even alarmingly, popular - and its use is still increasing.In this eye-opening study of how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modem life, and how a slave crop, and the growing demand for it, transformed the history of capitalism and industry, Sidney Mintz asks us to consider the many ways in which sugar has become "meaningful" in modern Western life. For while we might argue that all humans have an innate craving for sweetness, there is something special about what happened to sugar in the West, and it can only be explained by relating it to issues of imperial and class ambitions, power politics, and economic issues.Mintz discusses the history of the production and consumption of sugar, and shows how closely interwoven are its origins as a tropical slave crop grown in Europe's colonies with its use first as an extravagant luxury for the upper classes, then as a necessary part of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. His analysis of how sugar has penetrated social behavior opens up fascinating perspe ...
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking Adult] Hardcover Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. [Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
New York: Viking / Elisabeth Sifton Books, Date: 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st edition, 1985. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 274 pp., bound in publishers black cloth and tan paper with illustrated dust jacket. Minor signs of shelf wear, especially at jacket edges. Text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. 1985. Viking / Elisabeth Sifton Books ISBN 0670687022 9780670687022 [US]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking / Elisabeth Sifton Books, New York] Hardcover First Edition 1st edition, 1985. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 274 pp., bound in publishers black cloth and tan paper with illustrated dust jacket. Minor signs of shelf wear, especially at jacket edges. Text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. [Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking Drill Tool] Hardcover Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase. [Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking USA] Hardcover 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD. [Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1985]
ISBN10: 0670687022, ISBN13: 9780670687022, [publisher: Viking Adult] Hardcover Buy for Great customer experience [Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
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