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

  • Robertson, Emma, 1976-
Date:
2009
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Publication/Creation

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.

Physical description

xiii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780719077777
  • 071907777X