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

by Zephyr L. Frank and Carlos Marichal

Book Overview

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: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"