Global Histories, Imperial Commodities, Local InteractionsThe 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. |
Contents
An Icon of Empire | |
The Control of Port Services by International Companies | |
John Holt and the Kongo Rubber | |
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