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"There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and the unhealthy consumers eating it. Why has the billion-dollar sugar trade created such inequities? In this insightful analysis,...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and the unhealthy consumers eating it. Why has the billion-dollar sugar trade created such inequities? In this insightful analysis, Ben Richardson argues that the most compelling answers to this question can be found in the dynamics of global capitalism. Led by multinational companies, the mass consumption of sweetened snacks has taken hold in the Global South and underpinned a new wave of foreign investment in sugar production. The expansion of large |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745680149 0745680143 9780745680156 0745680151 |
| Index Number: | HD9100 |
| CLC: | F746.82 |
| Call Number: | F746.82/R521 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Growing markets, growing waistlines -- Terminal trade dependency -- Exploiting and expelling labour -- Expanding and exhausting land -- A sweeter deal for all? |