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Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet.
by Off, Carol
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0702236853
- ISBN 13
- 9780702236853
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2008. Paperback octavo, very good condition, top corner front cover creased, minor edgewear. 326 pp. Traces the history of the cocoa craze from the 18th Century onwards, through its evolution under such overseers as Hershey, Cadbury and Mars, and it's connection to the violence in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), the West African nation that produces almost half of the world's cocoa beans. A social history, a passionate investigative account and a stirring expose of the inner workings of a multi-billion dollar industry. (1 of 2 available copies.).
Synopsis
Carol Off has witnessed and reported on many of the world’s conflicts, from the fall of Yugoslavia to the US-led “war on terror.” She has won numerous awards for her CBC television documentaries in Africa, Asia and Europe. She lives in Toronto.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25226
- Title
- Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet.
- Author
- Off, Carol
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0702236853
- ISBN 13
- 9780702236853
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Place of Publication
- Brisbane, St Lucia
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- history, business, farming, cocoa beans, cooking, chocolates, africa, cote d'ivoire, ivory coast
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- BUSINESS & COMMERCE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...