Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; The commodity chain; The consumption of chocolate; Taxation, regulation and war; The chocolate industry; Commercialisation and credit; Access to forested land; Modes of cultivation; Coerced and free labour; Conclusion: Lessons from the past; Cocoa prices; Cocoa exports; Cocoa output in selected countries and decades; Weights, measures and currency; Maps; References; Index
Summary
Focusing on the period from the Seven Years War to the First World War Clarence-Smith discusses how cocoa production helped transform some economies but ultimately failed to act as a dynamo for large scale development
Notes
Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 15, 2007)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-296) and index
