Title From silver to cocaine : Latin American commodity chains and the building of the world economy, 1500-2000 / edited by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal, and Zephyr Frank

Published Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations, map Series American encounters/global interactions American encounters/global interactions. 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 Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Lateinamerika gnd Subject Primary commodities -- Latin America Exports -- Latin America -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. Materias primas -- América Latina -- Historia Comercio -- América Latina -- Historia Commerce Exports Export Primary commodities Weltwirtschaft Rohstoffexport Zilver. Cocaïne. Handel. Handel -- historia -- Latinamerika. Utrikeshandel -- historia -- Latinamerika. SUBJECT Latin America -- Commerce -- History Subject Latin America Latijns-Amerika. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Topik, Steven, editor. Marichal, Carlos, editor. Frank, Zephyr L., 1970- editor. ISBN 9780822388029 0822388022

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