Description: Focusing on the period from the Seven Years War to the First World War Clarence-Smith discusses how cocoa production helped transform some economies but ultimately failed to act as a dynamo for large scale development.
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'An extremely valuable account of the world history of cocoa and chocolate in the long nineteenth century which sheds new light on a number of aspects.' - Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, London
'This is an impressive book, realistically optimistic in its vision and profoundly humane in its conclusions.' - Journal of African History ''[An] impressive study.' - Latin American Studies