The Biography of Sugar (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780778724858)

What was the world like before sugar? Find out how the human desire for sweets made a tropical grass into a valuable commodity around the world. With the use of colorful images and maps, The Biography of sugar details how sugar grows, which countries produce it, and the sour history of slavery and exploitation that surrounded its early production. Other topics include - What is a commodity? - sources of sugar and where they are grown - the history of sugar and the sugar trade, from the ancient world, to medieval Europe, to the Caribbean - slavery and sugar plantations - the production and manufacture of sugar. - environmental concerns of modern sugar cultivation - uses of sugar, from sweetening, to food preservation, to medicine - the development of sugar substitutes Teacher's guide available.

Author: Rachel Eagen
ISBN-10: 0778724859
ISBN-13: 9780778724858
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2005
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 11.08h x 8.72w x 0.34d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 103197 / Biography of Sugar