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Global Histories, Imperial Commodities, Local Interactions

Global Histories, Imperial Commodities, Local Interactions

Jonathan Curry-Machado

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2013
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Historia
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9781349448975
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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.

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