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Chocolate nations : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa
- Title
- Chocolate nations : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa / Orla Ryan.
- Author
- Ryan, Orla.
- Publication
- London : Zed ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 182 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Chocolate. The very word hints of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury. From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Órla Ryan shows how only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and she sheds light on what Fairtrade really means on the ground. Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it onto our supermarket shelves"--Page 4 of cover.
- Series Statement
- African arguments
- Uniform Title
- African arguments.
- Subjects
- Note
- "In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, Social Science Research Council."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-174) and index.
- Contents
- Ghana is cocoa -- Cocoa wars -- Child labour -- Follow the money -- From bean to bar -- Fairtrade myths and reality -- Trading games -- Building a sustainable future.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-3978
- ISBN
- 9781848130050
- 1848130058
- 9781848130043
- 184813004X
- LCCN
- 2011282188
- OCLC
- 646112135
- Author
- Ryan, Orla.
- Title
- Chocolate nations : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa / Orla Ryan.
- Imprint
- London : Zed ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- African argumentsAfrican arguments.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-174) and index.
- Local Note
- DISCUSSES EXPLOITATION OF AFRICAN FARMERS BY CHOCOLATE TRADERS. TLS 4/22/11.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-3978