Bitter Chocolate: Anatomy of an Industry
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- Synopsis
- This shocking exposé of the corruption and exploitation at the heart of the multibillion-dollar cocoa industry is &“an astounding eye-opener that takes no prisoners&” (Quill & Quire, starred review). Bitter Chocolate is both an absorbing social history and a passionate investigation into an industry that has institutionalized abuse as it indulges our whims. Award-winning journalist Carol Off traces the fascinating evolution of chocolate from the sixteenth century banquet table of Montezuma&’s Aztec court to the bustling factories of Hershey, Cadbury, and Mars. In what will be a shocking revelation to many, Off exposes how slavery and injustice remain a key aspect of its production even today. In the Ivory Coast, the world&’s leading producer of cocoa beans, profits from the multibillion-dollar chocolate industry fuel bloody civil war and widespread corruption. Faced with pressure from a crushing &“cocoa cartel&” demanding more beans for less money, poor farmers have turned to the cheapest labor pool possible: thousands of indentured children who pick the beans but have never themselves known the taste of chocolate. &“Bitter Chocolate is less a book about chocolate than it is a study of racism, imperialism and oppression as told through the lens of a single commodity.&” —The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 562 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781595589842
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781595583307
- Publisher:
- The New Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/17/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Carol Off
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Social Studies, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.