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From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500–2000
Steven Topik
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Description for From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500–2000
Paperback. Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, this book examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. It reconstructs complex webs of relationships and economic processes, highlighting Latin America's central place in the world economy. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, From Silver to Cocaine examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. In clear, accessible essays, historians from Latin America, England, and the United States trace the paths of many of Latin America’s most important exports: coffee, bananas, rubber, sugar, tobacco, silver, henequen (fiber), fertilizers, cacao, cocaine, indigo, and cochineal (insects used to make dye). Each contributor follows a specific commodity from its inception, through its development and transport, to its final destination in the hands of consumers. The essays are ... Read more
Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, From Silver to Cocaine examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. In clear, accessible essays, historians from Latin America, England, and the United States trace the paths of many of Latin America’s most important exports: coffee, bananas, rubber, sugar, tobacco, silver, henequen (fiber), fertilizers, cacao, cocaine, indigo, and cochineal (insects used to make dye). Each contributor follows a specific commodity from its inception, through its development and transport, to its final destination in the hands of consumers. The essays are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
American Encounters/Global Interactions
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822337669
SKU
V9780822337669
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About Steven Topik
Steven Topik is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. His books include The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present (with Kenneth Pomeranz) and Trade and Gunboats: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Empire. Carlos Marichal is Professor in the Centro de Estudios Históricos at El ... Read more
Reviews for From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500–2000
“From Silver to Cocaine is an ambitious and novel application of the ‘commodity chain’ approach to the insertion of a whole continent into the world economy. It has no rivals.”—William Gervase Clarence-Smith, author of Cocoa and Chocolate, 1765–1914 “From Silver to Cocaine is an important and innovative collection. It provides a corrective to the purely national studies of commodities and ... Read more