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02180aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 E143CC2A370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 007 ta 008 170504s2017 enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1472138104 020 $a 9781472138101 020 $a 1472138090 020 $a 9781472138095 035 $a (OCoLC)978463139 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NZWPM $d NZFNP $d LOA $d OCLCF $d SINLB $d EUW $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NZLPP $d OCLCA $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d COO $d OCLCO $d YOU $d SILO 050 4 $a HD9100.5 W35 2017 100 1 $a Walvin, James, $e author. 245 10 $a Sugar : $b the world corrupted, from slavery to obesity / $c James Walvin. 264 1 $a London : $b Robinson, $c 2017. 300 $a xxiv, 325 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-315) and index. 520 $a The story of sugar, and of mankind's desire for sweetness in food and drink is a compelling, though confusing story. It is also an historical story. The story of mankind's love of sweetness - the need to consume honey, cane sugar, beet sugar and chemical sweeteners - has important historical origins. To take a simple example, two centuries ago, cane sugar was vital to the burgeoning European domestic and colonial economies. For all its recent origins, today's obesity epidemic - if that is what it is - did not emerge overnight, but instead evolved from a complexity of historical forces which stretch back centuries. 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. 650 0 $a Sugar $x History. 650 0 $a Sugar trade $x History. 650 0 $a Sugar $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Sugar $x Health aspects. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806025103.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E143CC2A370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search