Robertson Chocolate, women and empire

A social and cultural history
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1861-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 80, 264 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robertson, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
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

Über Autor(innen)

Robertson Emma:
Emma Robertson is Lecturer in History at Sheffield Hallam UniversityEmma Robertson is Lecturer in History at Sheffield Hallam University