Who Moves the Sugar Frontier? A Comment on The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years by Ulbe Bosma: Suggestions and Debates: The World of Sugar and the Commodity Frontiers Perspective

IF 0.7 2区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI:10.1017/s0020859025100667

Allan Souza Queiroz

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Abstract

The World of Sugar by Ulbe Bosma offers an ambitious and sweeping account of the global history of sugar. Readers interested in sugar’s role in shaping economies, environments, and societies will find it a captivating synthesis of its past and present trajectories. In this commentary, I engage critically with the book, focusing on the areas most closely aligned with my own research on the Brazilian sugar industry. I highlight key points related to labour, race, and resistance in order to broaden the debate on the sugar frontier.

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谁在开拓糖的边界？《糖的世界：2000多年来，甜的东西如何改变了我们的政治、健康和环境》，乌尔贝·博斯马的评论：建议和辩论：糖的世界和商品前沿的观点

Ulbe Bosma的《糖的世界》对全球糖的历史进行了雄心勃勃的全面描述。对糖在塑造经济、环境和社会中的作用感兴趣的读者会发现，它是过去和现在轨迹的迷人综合。在这篇评论中，我对这本书进行了批判，重点关注与我自己对巴西制糖业的研究最密切相关的领域。我强调了与劳工、种族和抵抗有关的关键点，以便扩大关于制糖前沿的辩论。

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