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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Penguin Books Canada | | Page Count: | 453 Pages | | Sales Rank: | 293,176rd |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)
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Insightful and well-researched by Traven (DC)  4 Stars
October 14, 2008
Abbott clearly lays out the interwoven history of sugar, slavery, and global trade. An easy to read and enjoyable account of the many battles waged and the lives affected by our desire for sugar.
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A tasty read! by Auntie Jane (Washington DC, USA)  5 Stars
August 13, 2008
this is one of the most insightful and best written books I have ever read. Abbott writes in a captivating voice and gives intelligent, well-researched and often times poignant information in a way that makes you think.
Fabulous!
Those who love non-fiction will be instantly in love, and those who are not usually fans will be won over.
A MUST-READ!
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Are we still Slaves to Sugar? by Jim Estill 4 Stars
March 24, 2008
Well researched. Well written.
This history of sugar tells the story of sugar with slavery, its place in trade, aristocracy etc.
And like all history, it tends to repeat itself. In the end, there is an unhealthy tyranny in sugar.
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