From silver to cocaine Latin American commodity chains and the building of the world economy, 1500 - 2000
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 dema...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Durham, NC u.a.
Duke Univ. Press
c 2006
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| Schriftenreihe: | American encounters Global interactions
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| Schlagworte: |
1500-2000
> Rohstoffwirtschaft
> Rohstoffhandel
> Internationale Rohstoffpolitik
> Rohstoffpolitik
> Rohstoffmarkt
> Geschichte
> Globalisierung
> Rohstoff
> Export
> Lateinamerika
> Primary commodities
> Exports
> History
> Latin America
> Commerce
> Aufsatzsammlung
> Rohstoffwelthandel
> Geschichte 1500-2000
> Weltwirtschaft
> Rohstoffexport
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 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 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturangaben. - Enth. 12 Beitr |
| Beschreibung: | 377 S. graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0822337533 0-8223-3753-3 0822337665 0-8223-3766-5 |