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The Sugar Barons
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 DescriptionFor 200 years after 1650, the West Indies witnessed one of the greatest power struggles of the age, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold. This book tells how the islands became by far most valuable and important colonies in the British Empire. Promotion infoPower, money and corruption in the British Empire: the English families for whom the sugar trade brought wealth beyond their wildest dreams Author descriptionBorn in Central America, Matthew Parker spent part of his childhood in the West Indies, acquiring a life-long fascination with the history of the region. Since graduating from Oxford, he has worked as an editorial consultant on a number of works of history, and written three bestselling books. He now lives with his family in east London. |
