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Bittersweet
THE STORY OF SUGAR
Peter Macinnis
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First published in Australia in 2002
Copyright © Peter Macinnis 2002
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or
by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing
from the publisher. The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of
one chapter or 10% of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any
educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational
institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright
Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act.
Allen & Unwin
83 Alexander Street
Crows Nest NSW 2065
Australia
Phone: (61 2) 8425 0100
Fax: (61 2) 9906 2218
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Macinnis, P. (Peter).
Bittersweet: the story of sugar.
Bibliography.
Includes index.
ISBN 1 86508 657 6.
1. Sugar—History. 2. Sugar trade—History. I. Title
633.6
Cover by Liz Seymour
Cover illustration: Theodor de Bry, Collections peregrinatorium , 1595
Chapter illustration: Jacques Dalechamps, Historie générale des plantes , 1615
Maps by Ian Faulkner
Typeset by Midland Typesetters
Printed by McPherson’s Printing Group
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CONTENTS
About the author
vi
Acknowledgments
viii
Note on measurements and money
xiii
Introduction
xv
1 The beginnings
1
2 The spread of sugar
13
3 Sugar in the New World
30
4 The English and the Sugar Business
43
5 Fighting over sugar
65
6A science of sugar
85
7 Rum and politics
97
8 The end of slavery in the Americas
111
9 Emancipation’s harvest
123
10 The rise of technology
137
11 Labour problems
147
12 Sugar in the twentieth century
162
Epilogue: The costs and benefits
173
Glossary
177
References
179
Index
186
Preface
xi
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