Bottled - How Coca-Cola Became African (Hardcover)

Travel to virtually any African country and you are likely to find a Coca-Cola, often a cold one at that. 'Bottled' asks how this carbonated drink became ubiquitous across the continent, and what this reveals about the realities of globalisation, development and capitalism. 'Bottled' is the first assessment of the social, commercial and environmental impact of one of the planet's biggest brands and largest corporations, in Africa. Sara Byala charts the company's century-long involvement in everything from recycling and education to the anti-apartheid struggle, showing that Africans have harnessed Coca-Cola in varied expressions of modernity and self-determination: this is not a story of American capitalism running amok, but rather of a company becoming African, bending to consumer power in ways big and small. In late capitalism, everyone's fates are bound together. A beverage in Atlanta and a beverage in Johannesburg pull us all towards the same end narrative. This story matters for more than just the local reasons, enhancing our understanding of our globalised, integrated world. Drawing on fieldwork and research in company archives, Byala asks a question for our time: does Coca-Cola's generative work offset the human and planetary costs associated with its growth in the twenty-first century?

General

Imprint:	C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2023
Authors:	Sara Byala
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-78738-935-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Promotions
LSN:	1-78738-935-9
Barcode:	9781787389359

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