Global histories, imperial commodities, local interactions [electronic resource] / edited by Jonathan Curry-Machado, Coordinator, Commodities of Empire Project, Associate Fellow, Institute of the Americas, University College London.

"The history of the modern world can be described through the history of the commodities that were produced, traded and consumed, on an increasingly global scale. The papers presented in this book show how in this process borders were transgressed, local agents combined with metropolitan representat...

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