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Cocoa

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ISBN13
9781509513161
יצא לאור ב
Oxford
זמן אספקה
21 ימי עסקים
עמודים
240
פורמט
Hardback
תאריך יציאה לאור
2 בפבר׳ 2017
שם סדרה
PRS - Polity Resources series
Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence. But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap, there is a world of power struggles and political maneuvering over its most important ingredient: cocoa. In this incisive book, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings pleasure and wealth to relatively few, depends upon an extensive global trade system that exploits the labor of five million growers, as well as countless other workers and vulnerable groups. The reality of this dramatic inequity, she explains, is often masked by the social, cultural, emotional, and economic values humans have placed upon cocoa from its earliest cultivation in Mesoamerica to the present day. Tracing the cocoa value chain from farms in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, through to chocolate factories in Europe and North America, Leissle shows how cocoa has been used as a political tool to wield power over others. Cocoa's politicization is not, however, limitless: it happens within botanical parameters set by the crop itself, and the material reality of its transport, storage, and manufacture into chocolate. As calls for justice in the industry have grown louder, Leissle reveals the possibilities for and constraints upon realizing a truly sustainable and fulfilling livelihood for cocoa growers, and for keeping the world full of chocolate.
מידע נוסף
עמודים 240
פורמט Hardback
ISBN10 1509513167
יצא לאור ב Oxford
תאריך יציאה לאור 2 בפבר׳ 2017
תוכן עניינים Contents Abbreviations Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 World Cocoa Map 3 Stages of Sweet 4 Power in the Market 5 Economics on the Ground 6 Trade Justice 7 Governing Quality 8 Sustainable Futures Notes Selected Readings Index
זמן אספקה 21 ימי עסקים