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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Jean Warner is curator at the National Museum of American History! Smithsonian Institution! Washington! D.C. Klappentext Sweeteners have long played an important role in the American diet and economy! yet are largely absent from accounts of the American past. Sweet Stuff rectifies that oversight in the first in-depth history of sugar and other major sweeteners! both natural and artificial! in the American experience. Sweet Stuff discusses sweeteners in the context of diet! science and technology! business and labor! politics! and popular culture. Zusammenfassung Sweeteners have long played an important role in the American diet and economy! yet are largely absent from accounts of the American past. Sweet Stuff rectifies that oversight in the first in-depth history of sugar and other major sweeteners! both natural and artificial! in the American experience. Sweet Stuff discusses sweeteners in the context of diet! science and technology! business and labor! politics! and popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Sugar Refining in New York City Chapter 2. Molasses Chapter 3. Cane Sugar in Louisiana Chapter 4. Cane Sugar in Florida Chapter 5. Beet Sugar: Profitable and Patriotic Chapter 6. Corn! Chemistry! and Capitalism Chapter 7. Cane Syrup and Corn Syrup Chapter 8.Specialty Sugars: Invert and Liquid Chapter 9. The Sorghum Rage of the Gilded Age Chapter 10. Maple Sugar and Syrup Chapter 11. Honey Chapter 12. Saccharin Chapter 13. Cyclamates Chapter 14. Aspartame and Sucralose Notes Bibliography Index
