Sugar : the grass that changed the world /

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Author / Creator:O'Connell, Sanjida, 1970-
Imprint:London : Virgin Books, 2004.
Description:x, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5638157
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ISBN:1852270349 (cased)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Stone honey
  • 2. Christopher Columbus and the dragon trees
  • 3. A true and exact history of Barbados
  • 4. Creams, cakes, custards and Charlottes
  • 5. Dante's hell of horrors
  • 6. The flowering of the white transparent
  • 7. Out of the strong came forth sweetness
  • 8. Sweet smell of success
  • 9. Sweet nothings
  • 10. Sweet serendipity
  • 11. Big sugar and the river of grass
  • 12. Into primeval Papua by seaplane.