Empire, Political Economy, and the Diffusion of Chocolate in the Atlantic World

ISBN-13: 9780367859510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 206 str.

Irene Fattacciu

Opis

This book follows the red thread of cocoa / chocolate through geographically dispersed social and economic networks within the Spanish empire to investigate the mechanisms of its diffusion, as well as its role in promoting both democratization of consumption and economic growth in the 18th century.

Spis treści

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)

O autorze

Irene Fattacciu is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of La Tuscia, Italy.