Sugar And Civilization: American Empire And The Cultural Politics Of Sweetness

Demonstrates that trade policies and consumer cultures are as crucial to understanding U.S. empire as military or diplomatic interventions. Merleaux argues that ideas about race and civilization shaped sugar markets since government policies and business practices hinged on the racial characteristics of the people who worked the land and consumed its products. Connecting the history of sugar to its producers, consumers, and policy makers, Merleaux shows that the modern American sugar habit took shape in the shadow of a growing empire. --From publisher description.

• • Author: April Merleaux
• • Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press
• • Publication Date: Sep 08, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 320 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1469622513
• • ISBN-13: 9781469622514