AMST 3015

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AMST 3015
Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

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When sugar "was king," that is, when it was valued in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as we might value petroleum today, European nations went to war in order to possess the sugar producing islands in the Caribbean. Sugar production, slave labor, and the transatlantic trade that they generated were crucial for European empire building and the creation of the enormous wealth that, in comparison with earlier historical periods, rapidly revolutionized agriculture, nutrition, industry, labor, and free trade; racialized Caribbean peoples; and gave rise to transatlantic debates on freedom, abolitionism, and humanitarian philanthropy. Readings include A. Stuart, Sugar in the Blood, S. Mintz, Sweetness and Power, C.L.R. James, Black Jacobins. Films include, Gutiérrez Alea's The Last Supper and M. Kalatozov's I am Cuba.

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GHB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS, HST-AS, SSC-AS)

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  • 18432 AMST 3015   LEC 001

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    • MW Africana Ctr 111
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021

    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person