Nowadays, candies and desserts are our everyday treats, and even sugar itself is an essential part of cooking. It appears that sugar has been incorporated into our lives. But did you know, as humble as it seems, sugar used to be a symbol of class division in history? In the past, the sugar that European nobles possessed was as valuable as a luxury item, and was considered even more admirable than owning a Louis Vuitton bag. It not only triggered wars of different scales but also changed the world. Is sugar that important? The book, Sweetness and Power, will show you the answer.

This book was written by Sidney W. Mintz, who was once a faculty member at the Department of Anthropology at both Yale University and Johns Hopkins University. He successively published numerous studies on the anthropology of food and made outstanding achievements. He was internationally accredited as the leading scholar in his field and was acclaimed as the Father of Food Anthropology worldwide. As one of the masterpieces of Professor Sidney W. Mintz, economists and humanities scholars around the globe have viewed the book, Sweetness and Power, with interest.