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The Sugar Barons
Engelsk Paperback
The Sugar Barons
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

Young men, beset by death and disease, an ocean away from the moral anchors of life in Britain, created immense dynastic wealth but produced a society poisoned by war, sickness, cruelty and corruption.

The Sugar Barons explores the lives and experiences of those whose fortunes rose and fell with the West Indian empire. From the ambitious and brilliant entrepreneurs, to the grandees wielding power across the Atlantic, to the inheritors often consumed by decadence, disgrace and madness, this is the compelling story of how a few small islands and a handful of families decisively shaped the British Empire.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
480
ISBN-13:
9780099558453
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0099558459
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
2 feb 2012
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
160mm
Højde:
192mm
Forlag:
Cornerstone
Oplagsdato:
2 feb 2012
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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