Sugar is everywhere in the western diet, blamed for epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and other modern maladies. Our addiction to sweetness has a long and
Titles in the American Beginnings, 1500–1900 series address critical issues in American history from the initial period of European contact through the end of the
The following are two excerpts from Ben Mutschler’s recent publication, The Province of Affliction: Illness and the Making of Early New England. The book explores