Global histories, imperial commodities, local interactions. [electronic resource]
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Informace o vydání: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. |
Předmět: |
Commerce -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies
Commerce -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies Commercial products -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies Commercial products -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies International trade -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies International trade -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies Economic history -- 19th century -- Case studies Economic history -- 20th century -- Case studies Electronic books |
Druh dokumentu: | Bibliographies; Electronic; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
Abstrakt: | Summary: "The history of the modern world can be described through the history of the commodities that were produced, traded and consumed, on an increasingly global scale. The papers presented in this book show how in this process borders were transgressed, local agents combined with metropolitan representatives, power relations were contested and frontiers expanded. Including cases from Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as a number of global commodities (sugar, tobacco, rubber, cotton, cassava, tea and beer), this collection presents a sample of the range of innovative research taking place today into commodity history. Together they cover the last two centuries, in which commodities have led the consolidation of a globalised economy and society - forging this out of distinctive local experiences of cultivation and production, and regional circuits of trade"-- Provided by publisher. |
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