Lecture 7 Commodities History- Sugar as an Example17英文资料.pdf

Food Drink in World History HIST 2005 Lecture 7: Commodities History: Sugar as an Example 17. August 2011 Lecturer: Dr Sarah Black sarah.black@.au Questions and Themes for Today‟s Lecture What symbolic roles did sugar take on during its introduction in various contexts? Why did sugar have such a „special status‟? What factors contributed to the relatively rapid acceptance of sugar and its incorporation in many cultures as a staple ingredient? What is Commodities History? Traces the acquisition and movement of various things that can be traded, bought, etc. Strictly speaking, a commodity is a product which is the same no matter who produces it  Price often is universal, and fluctuates based on global supply and demand Food/Drink Examples  Salt, coffee beans, soybeans, rice, wheat, and sugar fit the strict definition of commodities  More informally in food/ drink history, single product histories are burgeoning: potato, oyster, cod, curry, gin, peanuts, banana, citrus, corn, tea, and chocolate, just to name a few Book covers: © Kurlansky, Mark. Cod: a biography of the fish that changed the world. New York: Walker Co, 1997. © Collingham, Lizzie. Curry: a biography. London: Chatto Windus, 2005. © Reader, John. The Untold History of the Potato . London: Vintage, 2009. © Domine, Andre, et al. Wine. Cologne: Koenemann, 2001. Why Study the History of Sugar? The history of sugar tracks the history of…  Industrialisation  Rise of mercantilism  Slavery  Trade routes William Clark, Ten View in the Island of Antigua (London, 1823).  Changes in human Image source: This website compiled by Jerome Handler and Michael