Comparing apples, oranges, and cotton: environmental histories of the global plantation
Éditeur :
Campus Verlag
ISBN :
9783593500287
Date de publication :
11 nov. 2014
Dimensions :
2,1 x 1,4 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
369 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
Worldwide, plantations are key economic institutions of the modern era. This book includes essays on commodities as diverse as coffee, cotton, rubber, oranges, and tobacco, to offer an overview of plantation systems from Latin America to New Zealand that exposes the many dimensions of environmental history incorporated in these institutions.