Traveling with Sugar Chronicles of a Global Epidemic

"A masterclass in accompaniment . . . refreshes our understanding of etiologies of diabetes in profoundly urgent ways. . . . Each chapter is a rich and original contribution on its own, and together the book is a discipline-altering tour-de-force."—Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

"A remarkable work. . . . A story of the long-term impact of the European empires and commercial expansions. . . that developed the sugar plantation economy of Central America and the Caribbean."—American Journal of Human Biology

"The trouble [this book] highlights is not a lack of knowledge, but the cruelty of a profit-driven system that allows, even encourages, living, breathing, loving, always-human people to be treated as disposable."—Medical Anthropology Quarterly

“A remarkably original work, Traveling with Sugar overflows with critical thought, haunting prose, and trenchant details. Its gripping personal stories trace painfully intimate connections between planetary crisis, economic disparities, and human health.”—Peter Redfield, author of Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors without Borders

“In one of my favorite passages, Amy Moran-Thomas describes how the experience of diabetes in Belize is like waiting for the hurricanes that now pummel the country with increasing intensity—beating one down with no time or technology for recovery. This is bioecological sociocultural analysis at its best.”—Kim Fortun, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine