Chocolate wars the 150-year rivalry between the world's greatest chocolate makers

Summary: With a cast of characters that wouldn't be out of place in a Victorian novel, Chocolate Wars tells the story of the great chocolatier dynasties, through the prism of the Cadburys. Chocolate was consumed unrefined and unprocessed as a rather bitter, fatty drink for the wealthy elite until the late 19th century, when the Swiss discovered a way to blend it with milk and unleashed a product that would conquer every market in the world. Thereafter, one of the great global business rivalries unfolded as each chocolate maker attempted to dominate its domestic market and innovate new recipes for choco

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ISBN: 1586489259 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781586489250 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xvii, 348 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A nation of shopkeepers -- Food of the gods -- Wretched little victims of the workhouses -- They did not show us any mercy -- Absolutely pure, therefore the best -- Chocolate that could melt in the mouth -- Machinery creates wealth but destroys men -- Money seems to disappear like magic -- Chocolate empires -- I'll stake everything on chocolate! -- Great wealth is not to be desired -- A serpentine and malevolent cocoa magnate -- The chocolate man's utopia -- That monstrous trade in flesh and blood -- God could have created us sinless -- This company isn't big enough for both of us -- I pray for snickers -- American tanks were on the lawn -- The quaker voice could still be heard -- They'd sell for 20p -- Gone. And it was so easy.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.