HEAD, Brandon.

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The Food of the Gods: A Popular Account of Cocoa. First edition, deluxe issue, number 16 of 100 copies printed on hand-made paper; it was published simultaneously with the trade edition. The author discusses the properties and cultural history of cocoa and gives a thorough account of the contemporary means of its production and habits of its consumption.Head gives an account of a cocoa plantation in Trinidad staffed by workers from India and East Asia, who were brought there under the British-run Indian indenture system. He also reports on working conditions in the Bournville model village, established by the Quaker Cadbury family to ensure the health and well-being of their employees.

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