Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History

by Frederick H. Smith

Book Overview

"The most significant contribution to the history of Caribbean rum since John McCusker's Rum and the American Revolution. . . . It adds significantly to McCusker's work by analyzing the Caribbean environment in greater depth and by bringing the story forward by two centuries."--Anthony P. Maingot, Florida International University

Christopher Columbus brought sugarcane to the New World on his second voyage. By 1520 commercial sugar production...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813033152
• ISBN13: 9780813033150
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"