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一杯英式下午茶中的一小匙糖， 是奴役勞工的帝國擴張標誌； 更是資本主義全球化的推手， 恆久改變了你我所處世界的政經發展。蔗糖如何改寫世界權力版圖，推動資本主義全球化？ ★一部探索「糖」對人類文明影響的不朽傑作★「我希望能藉由糖，讓讀者看見更廣闊的世界，解釋其如何長久且持續地改變了人類、社會與物質之間的關係。」──飲食人類學之父．西敏司★2020年博客來、誠品、香港誠品三冠選書★美國人類學協會最高獎項「法蘭茲．鮑亞士獎」得主，凝鍊畢生研究精華的傳世傑作★具有全球視野的飲食文化經典曾幾何時，「哪裡有糖，哪裡就有奴隸」，糖甚至是貴族表徵身分、地位的奢侈品，但如今糖卻隨手可得、有些人更食糖過量。而此種「庶民化」轉變，其實是近代世界經濟體系與現代資本主義發展的結果──．英國殖民體制如何生產和消費蔗糖，並揭示了何種權力結構？．英國人對糖的熱愛，是否因此傷害了英國菜，使其成為「黑暗料理之王」？．為何婚宴、特殊節慶上會食用甜食？ ．是什麼力量，讓原為奢侈品的糖，成為所有人的日常生活必需品？．人們如何養成固定攝取、且依賴大量甜味的習慣？．食物如何體現國家統治者的意願和利益？．為什麼對糖的需求量會成長得如此劇烈且持續數世紀之久？隨著帝國擴張、現代經濟體系誕生、運輸方式革新、化工技術不斷演進……從奴役到解放、從貴族到庶民，對糖的需求，揭開資本主義全球化的序幕；對甜的渴望，勾勒出國際政治的權力網絡──作為飲食與文化研究的領軍人物，西敏司以突破性的視野，對微小的「糖」進行歷史探索，不僅探討糖的生產與消費間的權力關係；揭示苛使奴隸的殖民侵略史；追溯社會如何賦予糖意義和象徵內涵──從糖的生產者、消費者、生產地區、消費地區到糖本身，無所不包，其兼具開放視野與細膩觀察、既微觀又宏觀地呈現糖的權力演進，實為具里程碑意義的不朽鉅作。

Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation. Tracing the intertwined histories of the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements, Davis examines the racism and class prejudice inherent in so much of white feminism, and in doing so brings to light new pioneering heroines, from field slaves to mill workers, who fought back and refused to accept the lives into which they were born. 'The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied' The New York Times

The question of order inspired two of the greatest political thinkers of the Renaissance—Niccolo Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini, whose major works on the nature of government are linked in an

"Shows how the intelligent analysis of the history of a single commodity can be used to pry open the history of an entire world of social relationships and human behavior."?The New York Review of Book

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!“This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network“A beautifully drawn st

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!“This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network“A beautifully drawn st

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!“This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network“A beautifully drawn st

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!“This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network“A beautifully drawn st

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!“This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network“A beautifully drawn st

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!“This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network“A beautifully drawn st

A single dad, a little girl, and a quirky teenager learn about food's power to help people grow and love!“This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network“A beautifully drawn st

The political ideas of two of the greatest writers of the Renaissance - Niccolo Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini - meet head to head in The Sweetness of Power. Machiavelli wrote his Discourses i

"Davis' arguments for justice are formidable. . . . The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied."?The New York TimesWhat is the meaning of freedom? Angela Y. D

Since the 1950s, anthropologist Sidney W. Mintz has been at the forefront of efforts to integrate the disciplines of anthropology and history. Author of Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Mode

Whitney Houston’s voice. A voice of raw power and angelic sweetness, tremendous range, and incredible control. When the world first heard it back in 1984, a new chapter was written in the annals of po

A sweet look at the first year of a baby's life from bestselling author Lucy Knisley--now in board book format! A world of being new is waiting for little ones and the grown-ups who love them in this warm and funny book. From napping to crying to cuddling to playing, this board book introduces the world to newborns (and new parents) with humor, honesty, and unmitigated sweetness. Award-winning author Lucy Knisley's You Are New is a timeless celebration of new beginnings and the transformative power of love. CELEBRATES THE JOY OF HAVING--AND BEING!--A BABY: With so many new experiences to celebrate, this funny and relatable board book provides a bright, sweet introduction to the world of read-aloud books for little ones. It's the perfect choice for reading to a new baby or preparing a sibling for a new arrival! WONDERFUL GIFT FOR NEW BABIES: These vibrant illustrations will delight the youngest of readers! Lucy Knisley's debut picture book, now in sturdy board book format, is a beautifu

Traveling with Sugar reframes the rising diabetes epidemic as part of a five-hundred-year-old global history of sweetness and power. Amid eerie injuries, changing bodies, amputated limbs, and untimely

Traveling with Sugar reframes the rising diabetes epidemic as part of a five-hundred-year-old global history of sweetness and power. Amid eerie injuries, changing bodies, amputated limbs, and untimely