Książka Sugar Barons Matthew Parker

Sugar Barons

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydawca: Cornerstone
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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For 200 years after 1650 the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europea...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2012
strony
480
EAN
9780099558453
ISBN
0099558459
Enbook ID
04432018
Wydawca
Waga
358
Wymiary
160 x 192 x 30

Pełny opis

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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