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Chocolate . We all love it, but how much do we really know about it? In addition to pleasing palates since ancient times, chocolate has played an integral role in culture, society, religion, medicine, and economic development across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. In 1998, the Chocolate Hist...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470411315 |
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Chocolate . We all love it, but how much do we really know about it? In addition to pleasing palates since ancient times, chocolate has played an integral role in culture, society, religion, medicine, and economic development across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. In 1998, the Chocolate History Group was formed by the University of California, Davis, and Mars, Incorporated to document the fascinating story and history of chocolate. This book features fifty-seven essays representing research activities and contributions from more than 100 members of the group. These contributors draw fr. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 975 pages, 64 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780470411308 (electronic bk.) 0470411309 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | TX767 |
| CLC: | TS246.5-09 |
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Beginnings and religion. Cacao use in Yucatán among the pre-Hispanic Maya / Tempest in a chocolate pot : origin of the word cacao / Ancient Gods and Christian celebrations : chocolate and religion / Chocolate and sinful behaviors : inquisition testimonies / Nation of nowhere : Jewish role in colonial American chocolate history / Medicine and recipes. Medicinal chocolate in new Spain, western Europe, and North America ; Chocolate and the Boston smallpox epidemic of 1764 ; From bean to beverage : historical chocolate recipes / Chocolate as medicine : imparting dietary advice and moral values through 19th century North American cookbooks / Serving and advertising. Chocolate preparation and serving vessels in early North America / Silver chocolate pots of colonial Boston / Is it a chocolate pot? Chocolate and its accoutrements in France from cookbook to collectible / Commercial chocolate pots : reflections of cultures, values, and times / Role of trading cards in marketing chocolate during the late 19th century / Commercial chocolate posters : reflections of cultures, values, and times / Chocolate at the World's Fairs / Economics, education, and crime. Pirates, prizes, and profits : cocoa and early American east coast trade ; How much is that cocoa in the window? Cocoa's position in the early American marketplace / "C" is for chocolate : chocolate and cacao as educational themes in 18th century North America ; Chocolate, crime, and the courts : selected English trial documents, 1693-1834 ; Dark chocolate : chocolate and crime in North America and elsewhere / Colonial and federal eras (part 1). Chocolate and other colonial beverages / Chocolate production and uses in 17th and 18th century North America / Chocolate's early history in Canada / A necessary luxury : chocolate in Louisbourg and New France / Chocolate manufacturing and marketing in Massachusetts, 1700-1920 / Boston chocolate : newspaper articles and advertisements, 1705-1825 / Colonial and federal eras (part 2). Dutch cacao trade in New Netherland during the 17th and 18th centuries / Chocolate consumption and production in New York's Upper Hudson River Valley / Chocolate makers in 18th century Pennsylvania / Breakfasting on chocolate : chocolate in military life on the Northern frontier, 1750-1780 / Chocolate and North American whaling voyages / Southeast/southwest borderlands and California. Blood, conflict, and faith : chocolate in the southeast and southwest borderlands, 1641-1833 / Sailors, soldiers, and padres : California chocolate, 1542?-1840 / From gold bar to chocolate bar : California's chocolate history / Caribbean and South America. Caribbean cocoa : planting and production / Caribbean chocolate : preparation, consumption, and trade / History of cacao cultivation and chocolate consumption in Cuba / History of cacao and chocolate in Cuban literature, games, music, and culinary arts / Establishing cacao plantation culture in the Atlantic world : Portuguese cacao cultivation in Brazil and West Africa, circa 1580-1912 / Europe and Asia. Cure or confection? Chocolate in the Portuguese royal court and colonial hospitals, 1580-1830 / Chocolate in France : evolution of a luxury product ; Commerce, colonies, and cacao : chocolate in England from introduction to industrialization ; Chinese chocolate : ambergris, emperors, and export ware / Production, manufacturing, and contemporary activities. Cacao, haciendas, and the Jesuits : letters from New Spain, 1693-1751 / From stone metates to steel mills : the evolution of chocolate manufacturing / Adulteration : the dark world of "dirty" chocolate / Making colonial era chocolate : the colonial Williamsburg experience / American heritage chocolate / Twenty-first century attitudes and behaviors regarding the medicinal use of chocolate / Fieldwork, methodology, and interpretation. Symbols from ancient times : paleography and the St. Augustine chocolate saga / Digging for chocolate in Charleston and Savannah / Management of cacao and chocolate data : design and development of a chocolate research portal / Base metal chocolate pots in North America : context and interpretation / Blue and gray chocolate : searching for American Civil War chocolate references / Chocolate futures : promising areas for further research / |