Across colonial lines : commodities, networks and empire building

xi, 259 Seiten

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24 cm

List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsIntroduction, Devyani Gupta and Purba Hossain (Jindal Global University, India, and Institute of Historical Research London, UK)1. From Commodity Trade to 'Virtual' Empire: Venice in the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries, Andrew Blackler (University of Birmingham, UK)2. West Africa, the Gold Trade, and Portugal's Global Ambitions in the Sixteenth Century, Edmond Smith (University of Manchester, UK)3. Tea and Empire in the Eurasian Continental Interior, c. 1750-1900, Jagjeet Lally (University College London, UK)4. Sailors as Traders: Commodities and Commercial Practice among British Seafarers in the Early Modern Period, Richard J. Blakemore (University of Reading, UK)5. The Social Locations of Colonial Knowledge: Indigo in Bengal, Java and Senegal, Willem Van Schendel (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)6. Conspicuous and Inconspicuous Consumption in the Angolan Coffee Economy, c. 1860-1960, Jelmer Vos (University of Glasgow, UK)7. 'Docile, Quiet, Orderly': Indian Indenture Trade and the Ideal Labourer, Purba Hossain (Institute of Historical Research London, UK)8. Globalisation Gothic: Moral Economies, Heterogeneity and Historicity in the Commodity Fetishism of Caribbean Tourism, Lowell Woodcock (Sussex Centre for World Environmental History, UK)9. Healthcare Workers in the Gold Coast: Commodifying Experience in the Mid-Twentieth Century, Bridget Blankley (University of Southampton, UK)Conclusion, Erika Rappaport (University of California Santa Barbara, USA)BibliographyIndex

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