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Informationen zum Autor Paul Chrystal followed university training in classics with a career in publishing, before becoming the owner of the Knaresborough bookshop in North Yorkshire. He is the author of several books on Classics and local history.Joe Dickinson spent most of his life working for Rowntrees of York, one of Britain's great confectionery makers. He is the owner and curator of a vast archive of material relating to Rowntrees, and the author of a pictorial history of York. Klappentext Kit Kat, Turkish Delight, Creme Egg, Rolo and All Gold are as much a part of British life as were the companies that made them and which led the chocolate revolution in the nineteenth century: Rowntree's, Fry's, Cadbury's, Mackintosh and Terry's. This new book charts the history of chocolate manufacture, marketing and consumption in Britain from its origins in the eighteenth century. It then describes the golden age from 1900 to the 1970s and the subsequent US and Swiss invasions, spearheaded by brands such as Mars, Toblerone and Nestlé's Milky Bar, including the takeovers by Nestle and Kraft. It is sure to delight sweet-toothed readers of all ages. An illustrated history of confectionery chocolate in Britain Zusammenfassung "Chocolate: The British Chocolate Industry". Inhaltsverzeichnis ?Early Days / Chocolate Comes to England / Fry's of Bristol / Cadbury's of Bournville / Rowntree's of York / Terry's of York / Other British Chocolate Manufacturers / Foreign Chocolate Companies in Britain / After the Second World War / Marketing / The Twenty-first Century / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index
