The Biography of Sugar

by Rachel Eagen

Book Overview

What was the world like before sugar? Find out how the human desire for sweets made a tropical grass into a valuable commodity around the world. With the use of colorful images and maps, The Biography of sugar details how sugar grows, which countries produce it, and the sour history of slavery and exploitation that surrounded its early production. Other topics include - What is a commodity? - sources of sugar and where they are grown - the history...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778724859
• ISBN13: 9780778724858
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 5