'Sugar historians will find this book rewarding as it is rich with details about cane-sugar production in India and Indonesia. The book contrasts the introduction and development of plantation-based production of sugar in both countries following the 1835 abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom and its dependencies.' Pierre van der Eng, World Sugar History Newsletter
Introduction; 1. Producing sugar for the world; 2. East Indian sugar versus slave sugar; 3. Java: from cultivation to plantation conglomerate; 4. Sugar, science, and technology: Java and India in the late nineteenth century; 5. The era of the global sugar market, 1890–1929; 6. Escaping the plantation?; Conclusion.