A Local History of Global Capital: Jute and Peasant Life in the Bengal Delta - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tariq Omar AliSeries:Histories of Economic Life #5Publish date:03/31/20Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691202570ISBN-10:691202575UPC:9780691202570Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Social History, WomenBook Topic:SouthSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC5BR6EYWD
Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world's grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and bacon. Jute was the second-most widely consumed fiber in the world, after cotton. While the sack circulated globally, the plant was cultivated almost exclusively by peasant smallholders in a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691202570ISBN-10:691202575UPC:9780691202570Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Social History, WomenBook Topic:SouthSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC5BR6EYWD
Tariq Omar Ali is assistant professor of history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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