ISBN 13 : 978-0-8223-3766-9

Contents :
Contributors: David McCreery, Laura Nater, Horacio Crespo, Mary Ann Mahony, Marcelo Bucheli, Rory M. Miller, Allen Wells, Paul Gootenberg, Mario Samper, Ian Read, Robert Greenhill, Aldo Musacchio

Introduction. Commodity Chains in Theory and in Latin American History

1. The Spanish-American Peso: Export Commodity and Global Money of the Ancient Regime, 1550–1800

2. Indigo Commodity Chains in the Spanish and British Empire, 1560–1860

3. Mexican Cochineal and the European Demand for American Dyes, 1550–1850

4.Colonial Tobacco: Key Commodity of the Spanish Empire, 1500–1800

5. The Latin American Coffee Commodity Chain: Brazil and Costa Rica

6. Trade Regimes and the International Sugar Market, 1850–1980: Protectionism, Subsides, and Regulation

7. The Local and the Global: Internal and External Factors in the Development of Bahia's Cacao Sector

8. Banana Boats and Baby Food: The Banana in U.S. History

9. The Fertilizer Commodity Chains: Guano and Nitrate, 1840–1930

10. Brazil in the International Rubber Trade, 1870–1930

11. Reports of Its Demise Are Not Exaggerated: The Life and Times of Yucatecan Henequen

12. Cocaine in Chains: The Rise and Demise of Global Commodity, 1860–1950

Conclusion: Commodity Chains and Globalization in Historical Perspective

Contributors

Index

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Language : English

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Location : Nice Library

Material : Paper

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