1st Edition
Empire, Political Economy, and the Diffusion of Chocolate in the Atlantic World
By Irene Fattacciu
Copyright 2020
220 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Chocolate is one of the most visible examples of how a deeply exotic consumer product penetrating our daily lives fascinated Europeans during the Early Modern period. Today, over fifty percent of the four million tons of cocoa produced globally come from Sub-Saharan Africa. Ecuadorian cocoa, on the other hand, is considered premium quality. Yet the fact that Ecuadorian cocoa is preferred by... Read more
Introduction
1. Reorganizing Interregional and Atlantic Trade (1710s – 1770s)
2. Civilizing Chocolate: Cultural Appropriation and Imperial Political Economy (1690s – 1790s)
3. From Cocoa to Chocolate: The Making of a Spanish Artisanal Industry (1720s – 1770s)
4. Bourbon Reformism, Public Debate and New Forms of Sociability (1730s – 1790s)
5. Social Geography of Chocolate’s Spread in Spain (1690s – 1790s)
6. Epilogue: Resilience and Boomerang Effects (1770s – 1790s)
Biography
Irene Fattacciu is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of La Tuscia, Italy.
