The Sugar Barons

Informationen zum Autor Born 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. Klappentext An examination of the sugar trade in the West Indies through the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. This outpost in England's Empire was its richest colony, but was built on the human misery of tens of thousands of enslaved Africans. Zusammenfassung For 200 years after 1650 the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold.

Préface
Power, money and corruption in the British Empire: the English families for whom the sugar trade brought wealth beyond their wildest dreams

Auteur
Born 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.

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For 200 years after 1650 the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold.