White Gold, Dark History

It is the most addictive substance in our pantry, and for centuries, it was the engine of the global economy. Historian Dominic Hall presents "e;White Gold, Dark History,"e; a sweeping narrative of how the craving for sweetness shaped the modern world. Hall traces the journey of sugarcane from New Guinea to the Caribbean, where it became the primary driver of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. He il...