Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Cuba's Sugar Industry (Contemporary Cuba) Cuba's Sugar Industry (Contemporary Cuba) Jose Alvarez "Following forty years of tension between Cuba and the United States, this study of Cuba's agro-industry presents the results of a remarkable collaboration between researchers living in the two count… OL15071729W
Sugar Sugar Ben Richardson "Sugar is a commonplace product with a complex background, mainly because of the high degree of protectionism given to the industry and the benefits of ensuring domestic producers stay in business. T… OL15500861W
Bittersweet Bittersweet Peter Macinnis "Forty years after first chewing on sugar cane in New Guinea, the home of sugar, the author underwent some complex dental work as a direct result of his sweet tooth. This led him to explore sugar can… OL15834885W
Cuban sugar industry Cuban sugar industry Jonathan Curry-Machado "In 1844, a number of migrant engineers were arrested in Cuba accused of sedition. Such engineering migrants contributed to Cuba becoming the world's foremost sugar producer, and this book explores t… OL16011050W
Sugar Sugar James Walvin How did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating yet again into the cause of a global health epidemi… OL19749146W
The British West Indies sugar industry in the late 19th century The British West Indies sugar industry in the late 19th century R. W. Beachey 189 pages ; 23 cm OL2990420W
Barons, brokers, and buyers Barons, brokers, and buyers Michael S. Billig "This innovative ethnography takes a new approach to the study of Philippine sugar. Michael Billig examines sugar's decline within both the dynamic context of contemporary Philippine society and the … OL5952958W
Exportaciones de azúcar cubano ante la nueva realidad de los mercados "soviéticos" Exportaciones de azúcar cubano ante la nueva realidad de los mercados "soviéticos" Dra. Cary Torres Vila [ANDREA TUTOR] La DOCTORA CARY TORRES VILA, graduada del MGIMO Universidad, Doctorada en el IAL Academia de Ciencias de Rusia y Profesora de la Universidad de La Habana, es la primera especialista, que advierte sob… OL647632W
Forgotten Faces Forgotten Faces Jeannie Johnson Captain Tom Strong has married a woman he does not love. Horatia, his cousin by adoption, is now a powerful entrepreneur through her inheritance of a vast family fortune. But his respect for her is e… OL8394919W
Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid, #1) Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid, #1) Alafair S. Burke After three years on the job in Portland's Drug and Vice Division, Deputy DA Samantha Kincaid gets what she wants: her first case with the Major Crimes Team. Kendra Martin, a 13-year-old runaway, has… OL8475493W