From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000

by Zephyr L. Frank and Carlos Marichal

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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),...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822337665

ISBN13:9780822337669

Release Date:July 2006

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.24 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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