Emma Robertson

Chocolate, women and empire

A social and cultural history

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides an original and challenging perspective on the history of chocolate, questioning the romantic images of the commodity offered in marketing campaigns. It weaves together a variety of previously unexamined sources including oral histories of women workers, advertising material from the Rowntree and Cadbury companies and archival material.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Imperialism
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780719090059
• ISBN-10: 0719090059
• Artikelnr.: 37743744

Autorenporträt

Emma Robertson is Lecturer in History at La Trobe University

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's introduction Introduction 1. 'A deep physical reason':
gender, race and the nation in chocolate consumption 2. 'The Romance of the
Cocoa Bean': imperial and colonial histories 3. 'There is no operation
involved with cocoa that I didn't do': women's experiences of cocoa farming
4. Minstrels, missionaries and the Minster: race, imperialism and the
historic city 5. 'I think I was the only Chinese girl working there': race
and gender in the chocolate factory Conclusion Bibliography Index