Bitter Chocolate Author:Off, Carol (from back cover)For most of us,chocolate is an indulgence synonymous with pleasure, but behind the sweet image of the cocoa bean there is a long history of exploitation, corruption, greed and slavery. In _Bitter Chocolate_, Carol Off traces the history of the cocoa craze from the 18th century onwards, through its evolution under such overseers ... more »as Hershey, Cadbury and Mars, and its connection to the violence in Cote d'Ivoire, the West African nation that produces almost half of the world's cocoa beans. Groundbreaking and eye-opening, _Bitter Chocolate_ is a social history, a passionate investigative account and a stirring expose of the inner workings of a multi-billion dollar industry that has institutionalized misery as it has served our pleasures.« less