How Sugar Corrupted the World: From Slavery to Obesity by James Walvin

How Sugar Corrupted the World: From Slavery to Obesity

James Walvin

288 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction health history informative slow-paced
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The story of sugar, and of mankind’s desire for sweetness in food and drink is a compelling, though confusing story. It is also an historical story. The story of mankind’s love of sweetness – the need to consume honey, cane sugar, beet sugar and c...

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