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Global histories, imperial commodities, local interactions

The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, in which commodities have led to the consolidation of a globalised economy and society - forging this out of distinctive local experiences of cultivation...

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Group Author: Curry-Machado, Jonathan.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Subjects:
History of the Americas > 20th century > 20th century > Africa. > Africa. > Africa.
Asian history > 20th century > 20th century > Africa. > Africa. > Africa.
African history > 20th century > 20th century > Africa. > Africa. > Africa.
Colonialism & imperialism > 20th century > 20th century > Africa. > Africa. > Africa.
Economic history > 20th century > 20th century > Africa. > Africa. > Africa.
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137283603
Summary: The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, in which commodities have led to the consolidation of a globalised economy and society - forging this out of distinctive local experiences of cultivation and production, and regional circuits of trade.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137283597, 2013.
Carrier Form: 304 p. : 8 figures, 4 maps, 1.
ISBN: 9781137283597
9781137283603 :
1137283602 :
CLC: K1
Contents: List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Contributors Global Commodities, Local Interactions: An Introduction-- Jonathan Curry-Machado 1. Routeing the Commodities of the Empire through Sikkim (1817-1906)-- Vibha Arora 2. Indian Pale Ale: an Icon of Empire-- Alan Pryor 3. The Control of Port Services by International Companies in the Macaronesian Islands (1850-1914)-- Miguel Suarez Bosa 4. Of Stocks and Barter: John Holt and the Kongo Rubber Trade, 1906-1910-- Jelmer Vos 5. Coercion and Resistance in the Colonial Market: Cotton in Britain's African Empire-- Jonathan E. Robins 6. A Periodisation of Globalisation According to the Mauritian Integration into the International Sugar Commodity Chain (1825-2005)-- Patrick Neveling 7. In Cane's Shadow: Commodity Plantations and the Local Agrarian Economy on Cuba's Mid-nineteenth Century Sugar Frontier-- Jonathan Curry-Machado 8. Cuban Popular Resistance to the 1953 London Sugar Agreement-- Steve Cushion 9. Tobacco Growers, Resistance and Accommodation to American Domination in Puerto Rico, 1899-1940-- Teresita A. Levy 10. The Battle for Rubber in the Second World War: Cooperation and Resistance-- William G. Clarence-Smith 11. Beyond 'Exotic Groceries': Tapioca-Cassava-Manioc, a Hidden Commodity of Empires and Globalisation-- Kaori O'Connor 12. El Habano: The Global Luxury Smoke-- Jean Stubbs.

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