Analysis of globalization through studying “Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History” by Sidney Mintz
1) VD Project Presentation (15%) and 2) Paper (15%): This assignment will help you to conceptualize and assess processes of globalization. For this assignment you will engage with the book: 1) “Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History” by Sidney Mintz,
The book examines processes of globalization in resonant and contrasting ways. It focuses on an everyday good/commodity/fabric/object in its analysis of globalization, especially on historical processes of globalization.
For this assignment, please consider the following issues:
Why does it focus on the good/commodity/fabric/object in its analysis? What does a focus on this g/c/f/o allow the book to do?
How does this g/c/f/o allow the author to analyze different aspects of globalization?
What regions (places) of the world and who (people) are involved, and how? How are these places and peoples impacted? Are there differences among different peoples and places in terms of how they are impacted?
What are the ways and mechanisms where different places and peoples are connected?