"The World of Sugar"
January 30, 2023 08:59 Source: "China Social Sciences" January 30, 2023 Issue 2578 Author: Wang Junmei/Compilation

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Harvard University Press in the United States will be published in May by Ulbe Bosma, a professor of international comparative social history professor in Amsterdam Liberty University, Dutch University of Liberal University, the world of sugar: how sugar has changed in more than 2000 years. Our politics、Health and Environment。From the origin of sugar to the bet365 live casino games environmental destruction and the popularity of obesity,The book depicts the history of sugar and its impact on humans。

For a long time,No refined sugar in human life。After all, sugar is not a necessity in the daily diet composition,And extract sugar from plants requires method and skills and hard work。Around the 6th century BC,India produced sugar for the first time,But in the past 2500 years later,Sugar is at the edge of the diet of most people。But,Suddenly one day,Sugar began to spread all over the world,Enter the daily diet of people,In the process of causing bet365 Play online games diseases and ecological crises。

The book starts with the appearance of sugar,Explaining the history of sugar development。In the Middle Ages,Merchants bring a small amount of precious sugar to the king of India、European monarch, etc.。This white crystal has crossed the Mediterranean after the Mediterranean, which can reach Europe that cannot grow sugarcane,The demand for sugar has triggered Europe's crazy pursuit of sugarcane supply。Planting sugarcane requires extremely heavy artificial labor,The desire of Europeans is satisfied by slavery bet365 Play online games workers。More than 10 million Africans were taken to the Americas on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean,Two -thirds of them are sent to sugarcane planting。to the 20th century,Sugar becomes the main source of calories in Europe and North America。

Through industrialization、Labor migration and changes in diet structure,Sugar changed people's life,Change the world。The author thinks,If you want to know the world full of sugar,The past of the sugar must be traced back,and start studying the threat of this product to the human body and the environment。

  (Wang Junmei/Compilation

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