"In this book historians and social scientists examine boycotts from the eighteenth century to the present day. Employed in struggles against British rule in the American colonies, against racial discrimination in the United States during the Civil Rights movement, and Apartheid in South Africa,...

Introduction: Mapping food and globalization / Alexander Nützenadel and Frank Trentmann -- Part I: Evolution and diversity -- Food, Culture, and energy / Sidney W. Mintz -- The Western Consumption of Hot Beverages, c.1500 to c.1880 / William G. Clarence Smith -- The limits of globalization? The...