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1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations, map |
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American encounters/global interactions |
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American encounters/global interactions.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Commodity chains in theory and in Latin American history -- 1. The Spanish-American silver peso : export commodity and global money of the ancien regime, 1550-1800 -- 2. Indigo commodity chains in the Spanish and British empires, 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, subsidies, and regulation -- 7. The local and the global : internal and external factors in the development of Bahia's cacao sector -- 8. Banana boats and the 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 a global community commodity, 1860-1950 -- Conclusion : Commodity chains and globalization in historical perspective |
| Summary |
Examining the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for 500 years, this work follows a specific commodity from its inception, through its development and transport, to its final destination in the hands of consumers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| SUBJECT |
Lateinamerika gnd |
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Primary commodities -- Latin America
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Exports -- Latin America -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Materias primas -- América Latina -- Historia
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Comercio -- América Latina -- Historia
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Commerce
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Exports
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Export
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Primary commodities
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Weltwirtschaft
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Rohstoffexport
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Zilver.
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Cocaïne.
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Handel.
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Handel -- historia -- Latinamerika.
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Utrikeshandel -- historia -- Latinamerika.
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Latin America -- Commerce -- History
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Latin America
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Latijns-Amerika.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Topik, Steven, editor.
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Marichal, Carlos, editor.
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Frank, Zephyr L., 1970- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780822388029 |
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0822388022 |
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