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The Sugar Barons - Softcover

Parker, Matthew

 
9780099558453: The Sugar Barons
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0099558459 ISBN 13: 9780099558453
Verlag: Windmill Books, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den 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.

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Verlag
Windmill Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0099558459
ISBN 13 
9780099558453
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
480
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