American Sugar Refining Company, and Others
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Investigation of American Sugar Refining Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 956 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Sugar trade |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Investigation of American Sugar Refining Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 956 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Sugar trade |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Investigation of American Sugar Refining Co |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1138 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : César J. Ayala |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2009-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807867977 |
Engaging conventional arguments that the persistence of plantations is the cause of economic underdevelopment in the Caribbean, this book focuses on the discontinuities in the development of plantation economies in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in the early twentieth century. Cesar Ayala analyzes and compares the explosive growth of sugar production in the three nations following the War of 1898--when the U.S. acquired Cuba and Puerto Rico--to show how closely the development of the Spanish Caribbean's modern economic and social class systems is linked to the history of the U.S. sugar industry during its greatest period of expansion and consolidation. Ayala examines patterns of investment and principal groups of investors, interactions between U.S. capitalists and native planters, contrasts between new and old regions of sugar monoculture, the historical formation of the working class on sugar plantations, and patterns of labor migration. In contrast to most studies of the Spanish Caribbean, which focus on only one country, his account places the history of U.S. colonialism in the region, and the history of plantation agriculture across the region, in comparative perspective.
Author | : Sidney W. Mintz |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1986-08-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101666641 |
A 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" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with is use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. Finally, he considers how sugar has altered work patterns, eating habits, and our diet in modern times. "Like sugar, Mintz is persuasive, and his detailed history is a real treat." -San Francisco Chronicle
Author | : Darra Goldstein |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 947 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 0199313393 |
Not a cookbook, but a encyclopedia collection of entries on all things sweet. The articles explore the ways in which our taste for sweetness have shaped-- and been shaped by-- history. In addition, you'll discover the origins of mud pie; who the Sara Lee company was named after; why Walker Smith, Jr. is better known as "Sugar Ray Robinson"; and how lyricists have immortalized sweets from "Blueberry Hill" to "Tutti Fruiti".
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Investigation of American Sugar Refining Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 960 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Agricultural prices |
ISBN | : |
Author | : April Merleaux |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2015-07-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469622521 |
In the weeks and months after the end of the Spanish-American War, Americans celebrated their nation's triumph by eating sugar. Each of the nation's new imperial possessions, from Puerto Rico to the Philippines, had the potential for vastly expanding sugar production. As victory parties and commemorations prominently featured candy and other sweets, Americans saw sugar as the reward for their global ambitions. April Merleaux demonstrates that trade policies and consumer cultures are as crucial to understanding U.S. empire as military or diplomatic interventions. As the nation's sweet tooth grew, people debated tariffs, immigration, and empire, all of which hastened the nation's rise as an international power. These dynamics played out in the bureaucracies of Washington, D.C., in the pages of local newspapers, and at local candy counters. Merleaux argues that ideas about race and civilization shaped sugar markets since government policies and business practices hinged on the racial characteristics of the people who worked the land and consumed its products. Connecting the history of sugar to its producers, consumers, and policy makers, Merleaux shows that the modern American sugar habit took shape in the shadow of a growing empire.