Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America

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American consumers today regard sugar as a mundane and sometimes even troublesome substance linked to hyperactivity in children and other health concerns. Yet two hundred years ago American consumers treasured sugar as a rare commodity and consumed it only in small amounts. In Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America, Wendy A. Woloson demonstrates how the cultural role of sugar changed from being...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801868769

ISBN13:9780801868764

Release Date:May 2002

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

19th Century Agricultural Sciences Baking Cooking Cooking Desserts Europe Food Science History Holiday Cooking

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