The structure and organization of the sugar plantation as a part of agricultural history and development could most accurately be described as:
A. an absolutely unprecedented social, economic, and political institution that used some of the most advanced technology of the age
B. simply an innovation in the organization of agricultural practice
C. a system of English agriculture that was transplanted to the Caribbean and had little impact on other industries
D. Run by a class of backwards and lazy planters who relied too much on slave labor to innovate