{"product_id":"2940169267846","title":"Sugar: The World Corrupted from Slavery to Obesity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe modern successor to \u003ci\u003eSweetness and Power\u003c\/i\u003e, James Walvin's \u003ci\u003eSugar\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and engaging work on a topic that continues to change our world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating yet again into the cause of a global health epidemic?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrior to 1600, sugar was a costly luxury, the domain of the rich. But with the rise of the sugar colonies in the New World over the following century, sugar became cheap, ubiquitous and an everyday necessity. Less than fifty years ago, few people suggested that sugar posed a global health problem. And yet today, sugar is regularly denounced as a dangerous addiction, on a par with tobacco. While sugar consumption remains higher than everamp;mdash;in some countries as high as 100lbs per head per yearamp;mdash;some advertisements even proudly proclaim that their product contains no sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow 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 would transform the tastes of the Western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasterfully insightful and probing, James Walvin reveals the relationship between society and sweetness over the past two centuriesamp;mdash;and how it explains our conflicted relationship with sugar today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161869172976,"sku":"2940169267846","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169267846_p0.jpg?v=1763771591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169267846","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}