Chocolate, women and empire : a social and cultural history / Emma Robertson.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.

xiii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

A deep physical reason : gender, race and the nation in chocolate consumption -- The romance of the Cocoa Bean : imperial and colonial histories -- There is no operation involved with coca that I didn't do : women's experiences of cocoa farming -- Minstrels, missionaries and the Minster : race, imperialism and the historic city -- I think I was the only Chinese girl working there : race and gender in the chocolate factory.

Includes bibliographical references and index.