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作为一部人类学经典作品,西敏司的《甜与权力》将糖背后奇妙的历史娓娓道来。书中讲述了糖从一件奢侈品化身为工业化生产之商品的过程。在这个过程中,它密切地与早期资本主义原始积累、奴隶化生产,乃至国与国之间的政治经济关系联系在了一起。与此同时,糖经过了一个自上而下的复杂过程,一步步地嵌入到了日常生活的肌理之中。
As an anthropological classic, Westminster’s “Sweetness and Power” portrayed the marvelous history behind sugar. The book tells the story of sugar from a luxury incarnation to the process of commercial production of goods. In the process, it is closely linked with the primitive capitalist accumulation in the early days, slavery in production, and even the political and economic relations between nations. At the same time, sugar goes through a complex top-down process that is embedded step by step into the texture of everyday life.