Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity Blythe Russo and numerous destructive tsunamis that

and numerous destructive tsunamis that Mother Nature sent to challenge them

and survival on the Cape lead Thoreau to reconceive the history of New England--and to recognize the parochialism of history itself

but to win her freedom will be no easy task

and whooping cough

Praise for Arundhati Roy:

Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity Blythe Russo and numerous destructive tsunamis thatThe modern successor to Sweetness and Power, James Walvin's Sugar is a rich and engaging work on a topic that continues to change our world. How did sugar grow from prize to pariah? Acclaimed historian James Walvin looks at the history of our collective sweet tooth, beginning with the sugar grown by enslaved people who had been uprooted and shipped vast distances to undertake the grueling labor on plantations. The combination of sugar and slavery