A review by tdumatrait
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science by Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

4.0

Great book. Coming from Louisiana I had no idea where the Creole values and ideals came from. To read that some of the Haitian plantation owners and overseers came here after the liberation of Haiti made so much sense to me. I grew up surrounded by sugar cane and never knew the history behind it. This brought home so many points and made me realize just how precious this commodity was at one point in time. I think my students will enjoy this book because it will allow them to see how the world was changed because of one product and the use of boycotting one product.