Eastern Sugar
| Author | Various |
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| Publisher | Sternberg Press |
| ISBN | 9783956795732 |
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Eastern Sugar was the name chosen by Générale Sucrière and Tate & Lyle for their joint venture to acquire sugar factories across Central Europe after the fall of communism in 1989. In the mid-2000s, the Franco-British consortium cashed in its investment to take advantage of a European Union compensation scheme and permanently shut down its sites. This book takes as its starting point artist Ilona Németh’s extensive research into the history of sugar production in the region, from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century, when northern sugar beet emerged as a competitor to southern sugar cane, to the social impact of the rapid decline of the industry in the era of peak globalization.
| 304 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 16 cm, pb, English |
€35.00
Product number:
idea41411
