Sugar Cane Industry - An Historical Geography From Its Origins to 1914

Klappentext This book is a geography of the sugar cane industry from its origins to 1914. Zusammenfassung This book is a geography of the sugar cane industry from its origins to 1914. It describes its spread from India into the Mediterranean during medieval times! to the Americas and its subsequent diffusion to most parts of the tropics. It examines the changes in agricultural and manufacturing techniques over the centuries! and its impact in forming the multicultural societies of the tropical world. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; A note on statistics; Introduction: the taste for sweetness; 1. Sugar cane and the manufacture of sugar; 2. The Eastern origins; Part I. The Sugar Industry in the West: 3. The Mediterranean sugar industry: c. 700-1600; 4. The Atlantic sugar industry: c. 1450-1680; 5. The American sugar industry in the eighteenth century; 6. The innovations of a long nineteenth century: 1790-1914; 7. The geographical responses to the forces of change: 1790-1914; Part II. The Sugar Industry in the East: 8. Asia: c. 1750-1914; 9. The Indian Ocean and Pacific colonies: 1800-1914; Conclusion; Appendix; List of references; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: J. H. Galloway, J.h. Galloway
• Con la collaborazione di: Alan R. H. Baker (Editore), Richard Dennis (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521022194
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02219-4
• Pagine: 284
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Historica
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura