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The story of sugar / by L. A. G. Strong.
LIBRA - Blank Collection TP375.7 S8 1954 Blank copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strong, L. A. G. (Leonard Alfred George), 1896-1958.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sugar--History.
- Sugar.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1954.
- Contents:
- Sugar
- History of Jamaica
- Progress of the cane through mill and factory
- Honey-Its earliest recorded use
- Its origin in the Pacific
- The industry in Persia and the effect of the Islamic conquests on the spread of cane
- Earliest recorded use of sugar in England
- The decline of the Mediterranean industry and the growth of the West African and West Indian colonies
- Social history
- Economics
- Welfare on the sugar estates
- Improvement of housing conditions on estates
- Other sources of sugar-beet, maple, etc.
- Refining
- Tate & Lyle-History of two families, and establishment of the present firm
- Mr. Cube-Background to the invention of Mr. Cube
- Postscript.
- Notes:
- "First published in February 1954 by George Weidenfled & Nicolson, Ltd ..."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159).
- Local Notes:
- Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.
- Malgieri Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- Kislak copy has dust jacket with transparent protective cover retained.
- Kislak copy is former Radnorshire County Library with stamps on front pastedown and free lining paper and embossed stamp on back free lining paper.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Strong, L.A.G. (Leonard Alfred George), 1896-1958. Story of sugar.
- OCLC:
- 4112193
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