The world of sugar : how the sweet stuff transformed our politics, health, and environment over 2,000 years
"The definitive 2,500-year history of sugar and its human costs, from its little-known origins as a luxury good in Asia to worldwide environmental devastation and the obesity pandemic. For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. After all, it serves no necessary purpose in our diets,...
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The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2023
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