Global histories, imperial commodities, local interactions
"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 repres...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan,
2013
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
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| Schlagworte: | International trade Economic history Commerce Commercial products |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (pages cm) |
| Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (pages cm) |
| ISBN: | 1137283602 9781137283603 9781137283597 1137283599 |