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Comparing Apples, Oranges, and Cotton
Frank . Ed(S): Uekotter
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paperback. Worldwide, plantations are key economic institutions of the modern era. This book includes essays on commodities as diverse as coffee, cotton, rubber, oranges, and tobacco, to offer an overview of plantation systems from Latin America to New Zealand that exposes the many dimensions of environmental history incorporated in these institutions. Editor(s): Uekotter, Frank. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Worldwide, plantations are key economic institutions of the modern era. From an environmental perspective, they are also the settings for some of the most powerful, consequential, and frequently destructive modes of production ever to have existed. This volume assembles essays on commodities as diverse as coffee, cotton, rubber, apples, oranges, and tobacco, to provide an overview of plantation systems from Latin America to New Zealand that exposes the many dimensions of environmental history incorporated in these robust institutions. The global history of plantation systems not only highlights the great institutional resilience of our modern monocultures, but also the price that ... Read more
Worldwide, plantations are key economic institutions of the modern era. From an environmental perspective, they are also the settings for some of the most powerful, consequential, and frequently destructive modes of production ever to have existed. This volume assembles essays on commodities as diverse as coffee, cotton, rubber, apples, oranges, and tobacco, to provide an overview of plantation systems from Latin America to New Zealand that exposes the many dimensions of environmental history incorporated in these robust institutions. The global history of plantation systems not only highlights the great institutional resilience of our modern monocultures, but also the price that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Frankfurt, Germany
ISBN
9783593500287
SKU
V9783593500287
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About Frank . Ed(S): Uekotter
Frank Uekotter is a reader in environmental humanities at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, The Greenest Nation? A New History of German Environmentalism.
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