Sugar Land

Exploration has many effects not only on organisms, but also the atmosphere. . By exploring for natural resources such as oil and gas, we contribute to global warming. Burning fossil fuels depletes the ozone layer and encourages global warming. Findings show “Air pollution near ground level, and acid precipitation, are already causing widespread injury to humans, forests, and crops” (Grossman & Bryner). Another impact on the atmosphere and on the elements of life can be seen in the uranium New…

Today, we take sugar for granted because it is so accessible, but what did people do before it was? The Sugar Trade lasted for almost two centuries, from 1655 to 1833. Africa, England, America, Europe, and the West Indies were the most superior in the trading process. It thrived through the world for three main reasons: The colonial islands that had a climate that was ideal for sugar production, the sweet tooth for sugar causing high demand, and the money that funded the assets required for the…

sweetness that comes from sugar. Sugar is obtained from sugar cane through a process that requires a lot of steps and labor. This could be the reason for which for a long time, sugar was a product known only to the wealthy and opulent class. Nevertheless, it fame grew among…

would be this need to satisfied man’s sweet tooth that would lead to the cultivation and domestication of bees for there honey. For centuries this was mans only source of sugar aside from fruits and berries. Things however would change when the people of New Guinea would discover sugar…

ID#: _810275_ The Success of the Sugar Trade Think of the last time you had sugar. Was it yesterday, earlier today, or even just a few minutes ago. Sugar is such an immense part of our everyday lives and it's hard to think about not having it around. Cane sugar is a member of the grass family and was the kind of sugar produced in the Sugar Trade. The British sugar industry began in 1655 in Jamaica and spread from there. Cane sugar grows best in humid, hot, and tropical areas so places like the…

This part of the researching sugar as a commodity looks at the plights and lives of sugar workers throughout the West and East, mainly focusing on the worker’s experience and how they are treated by government and politics. A common trend found throughout research was that most sugar workers in former colonies and European owned colonies were mistreated and ignored by their respective governments, which led to various reactions such as worker’s strikes and cultural movements. However, in the…

Sugar: A Bittersweet History The author's main point in this novel is to illustrate the significance of sugar in world history. Sugar has slowly made its way from the highest of society to the lower and middle classes. Sugar took over the world it went into the households of many and became apart of the diet everyone. The amount of sugar that was used increased, and in turn the amount that was produced increased. Sugar became a necessity rather than a delicacy. People became addicted and…

occurred in the chapter was the fact that sugar had destroyed the Northeast and how everything was altered because of it. It later began talking about how the cost in food had spiked up and many families were having a hard time making money to support the family that parents began to sell their kid into prostitution to make so money. A big devastation mentioned in the chapter was how due to all the production going on many of the lands and soil of the lands were ruined making it very difficult…

How can we say that when entire communities are dying of starvation? If it’s the land of plenty then why do people have none? In Asia and Africa many farmers are poor. They have that one job that does not give them the pay they need to survive. Some of their food is eaten ,but the rest is sold to earn money to live on ,and to plant…

Sugar is a story full of money, work, and lost lives. The story begins in 326 B.C. with Nearchus, a captain in the army of Alexander the Great, that stumbles upon the "sweet reed". Sugar cane originated in New Guinea in 9000-8000 B.C., but Nearchus is recognized as the first person to discover sugar cane. From New Guinea, sugar spread to North India (1000-500 B.C.), China (200 A.D.), Persia- Judi Shapur (500 A.D.), Egypt (700 A.D.), and Hawaii (1100 A.D). In the 600s, people did not know what…