From silver to cocaine : Latin American commodity chains and the building of the world economy, 1500-2000 / edited by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal, and Zephyr Frank.

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Title:

From silver to cocaine : Latin American commodity chains and the building of the world economy, 1500-2000 / edited by Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal, and Zephyr Frank.

Author:

Topik, Steven, editor.

Physical Description:

377 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

American encounters/global interactions.

Contents:

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.

Subject Term:

Exports -- History -- Latin America.

Exports -- Latin America -- History.

Geographic Term:

Latin America -- Commerce -- History.

Added Author:

Topik, Steven,

Marichal, Carlos,

Frank, Zephyr L., 1970-,

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Books

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006004882.html

Publication Date:

2006

Publication Information:

Durham [N.C.]

Duke University Press,

[2006]

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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 arranged in chronological order, according to when the production of a particular commodity became significant to Latin America's economy. Some--such as silver, sugar, and tobacco--were actively produced and traded in the sixteenth century; others--such as bananas and rubber--only at the end of the nineteenth century; and cocaine only in the twentieth.

By focusing on changing patterns of production and consumption over time, the contributors reconstruct complex webs of relationships and economic processes, highlighting Latin America's central and interactive place in the world economy. They show how changes in coffee consumption habits, clothing fashions, drug usage, or tire technologies in Europe, Asia, and the Americas reverberate through Latin American commodity chains in profound ways. The social and economic outcomes of the continent's export experience have been mixed. By analyzing the dynamics of a wide range of commodities over a five-hundred-year period, From Silver to Cocaine highlights this diversity at the same time that it provides a basis for comparison and points to new ways of doing global history.

Contributors . Marcelo Bucheli, Horacio Crespo, Zephyr Frank, Paul Gootenberg, Robert Greenhill, Mary Ann Mahony, Carlos Marichal, David McCreery, Rory Miller, Aldo Musacchio, Laura Nater, Ian Read, Mario Samper, Steven Topik, Allen Wells

Author Notes

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 Colegio de México. He is the author of A Century of Debt Crises in Latin America: From Independence to the Great Depression, 1820-1930 and numerous books in Spanish.

Zephyr Frank is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at Stanford University. He is the author of Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro .

Steven Topik and Carlos Marichal and Zephyr FrankCarlos MarichalDavid McCreeryCarlos MarichalLaura NaterSteven Topik and Mario SamperHoracio CrespoMary Ann MahonyMarcelo Bucheli and Ian ReadRory Miller and Robert GreenhillZephyr Frank and Aldo MusacchioAllen WellsPaul GootenbergCarlos Marichal and Steven Topik and Zephyr Frank

Introduction: Commodity Chains in Theory and in Latin American History	p. 1
1 The Spanish-American Silver Peso: Export Commodity and Global Money of the Ancien Regime, 1550-1800	p. 25
2 Indigo Commodity Chains in the Spanish and British Empires, 1560-1860	p. 53
3 Mexican Cochineal and the European Demand for American Dyes, 1550-1850	p. 76
4 Colonial Tobacco: Key Commodity of the Spanish Empire, 1500-1800	p. 93
5 The Latin American Coffee Commodity Chain: Brazil and Costa Rica	p. 118
6 Trade Regimes and the International Sugar Market, 1850-1980: Protectionism, Subsidies, and Regulation	p. 147
7 The Local and the Global: Internal and External Factors in the Development of Bahia's Cacao Sector	p. 174
8 Banana Boats and Baby Food: The Banana in U.S. History	p. 204
9 The Fertilizer Commodity Chains: Guano and Nitrate, 1840-1930	p. 228
10 Brazil in the International Rubber Trade, 1870-1930	p. 271
11 Reports of Its Demise Are Not Exaggerated: The Life and Times of Yucatecan Henequen	p. 300
12 Cocaine in Chains: The Rise and Demise of a Global Commodity, 1860-1950	p. 321
Conclusion: Commodity Chains and Globalization in Historical Perspective	p. 352
Contributors	p. 361
Index	p. 365

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