Sugar Through Eras
How did sugar become a global obsession?
4.3 (17)
39 mins
Explore how sugar traveled from India to Europe and the Americas, becoming central to economies and daily life. Also discover how sugar plantations relied on slave labor and how the industry changed with technology and politics.
Ep 1:
How Did Sugar Transform Global Trade Since Its Discovery?
Ep 2:
How Did Europian Colonization Establish Sugar Plantation in the US?
Ep 3:
How Did Sugar Become the Key Crop in Caribbean Colonies in the 20th Century?
Ep 4:
How Did the Civil War and World War 1 Lead Sugar to be a Part of the American Diet?
Ep 5:
How Did the Industrial Revolution Increase Sugar Production in the US?
Ep 6:
How Did Florida's Sugar Industry Thrive Post-Cuban Revolution?
Ep 7:
How Did Sugar Spread from India to China and Arabia?
Ep 8:
Why Was Sugar Considered the 'White Gold' in the 19th Century?
Discussions (12)
Teddy
Level 9 · 9 mo agoSucrose is actually a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, not just largely glucose. 😐 That description is chemically inaccurate. It is like classifying Dimetrodon as a dinosaur. Basic science oversight!
Dudley
Level 5 · 8 mo agoThose Florida barons buying D.C. votes is typical.
Rod
Level 4 · 8 mo agoLol sugar barons were greedier than the Wilf’s.
