Something I'm reading

Today I'm gonna write about something I'm reading at the moment. I love reading, but this semester has been complicated read because I have not organized my times :(. Nevertheless in this moment, I'm reading a book called Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sidney W. Mintz. The book belongs to academic genre, since is a book of anthropology, written by an anthropologist. 

I don't knew this author but I realized that Mintz is an engaging and persuasive writer, and this analysis is a classic in food studies

I'm reading this book because I have to do a book review for a elective subject called Political Ecology and geography of commodities (my favorite subject this semester haha).

I like the book, because, is a interesting analysis of the multiple facets of the history of sugar (production, consumption, power distribution, etc.). I think is important know about how the sugar became a food so important in our lives and daily diet (everything has sugar). Besides, always is good learning something new and reflect about of this. 

Mintz gives a detailed and informative history of the development of sugar as a commodity from the colonial age to the present. Coming from an anthropological point of view, he examines the cultural impact of sugar production on the Caribbean nations that produce it. He also displays how British organization of the industry in their colonies created an increasing demand for sugar.

After reading book I would like consume less sugar :( haha.