In chocolate we trust : the Hershey company town unwrapped

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Label

In chocolate we trust : the Hershey company town unwrapped

Title remainder

the Hershey company town unwrapped

Statement of responsibility

Peter Kurie

Creator

• Kurie, Peter

Author

• Kurie, Peter

Subject

• Hershey (Pa.) -- Social conditions
• Hershey Trust Company
• Hershey, Milton Snavely, 1857-1945 -- Estate
• Milton Hershey School (Hershey, Pa.)
• Milton Hershey School Trust
• Trusts and trustees -- Pennsylvania | Hershey
• Company towns -- Pennsylvania | Hershey
• Hershey (Pa.) -- Economic conditions

Language

eng

Summary

"In Chocolate We Trust takes readers inside modern-day Hershey, Pennsylvania, headquarters of the iconic Hershey brand. A destination for chocolate enthusiasts since the early 1900s, Hershey has transformed from a model industrial town into a multifaceted suburbia powered by philanthropy. At its heart lies the Milton Hershey School Trust, a charitable trust with a mandate to serve "social orphans" and a $12 billion endowment amassed from Hershey Company profits. The trust is a longstanding source of pride for people who call Hershey home and revere its benevolent capitalist founder—but in recent years it has become a subject of controversy and intrigue. Using interviews, participant observation, and archival research, anthropologist Peter Kurie returns to his hometown to examine the legacy of the Hershey Trust among local residents, company employees, and alumni of the K-12 Milton Hershey School. He arrives just as a scandal erupts that raises questions about the outsized power of the private trust over public life. Kurie draws on diverse voices across the community to show how philanthropy stirs passions and interests well beyond intended beneficiaries. In Chocolate We Trust reveals the cultural significance of Hershey as a forerunner to socially conscious corporations and the cult of the entrepreneur-philanthropist. The Hershey story encapsulates the dreams and wishes of today's consumer-citizens: the dream of becoming personally successful, and the wish that the most affluent among us will serve the common good"-- Publisher description

Member of

• Contemporary ethnography

Cataloging source

PU/DLC

Dewey number

371.9309748/18

Index

index present

LC call number

HC108.H47

LC item number

K87 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Contemporary ethnography