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Oil Palm - A Global History (Paperback): Jonathan E. Robins

Oil Palm - A Global History (Paperback)

Jonathan E. Robins

Series: Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges

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Oil palms are ubiquitous--grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role in scores of packaged products, from lipstick and soap to margarine and cookies. And as Jonathan E. Robins shows, sweeping social transformations carried the plant around the planet. First brought to the global stage in the holds of slave ships, palm oil became a quintessential commodity in the Industrial Revolution. Imperialists hungry for cheap fat subjugated Africa's oil palm landscapes and the people who worked them. In the twentieth century, the World Bank promulgated oil palm agriculture as a panacea to rural development in Southeast Asia. As plantation companies tore into rainforests, evicting farmers in the name of progress, the oil palm continued its rise to dominance, sparking new controversies over trade, land and labor rights, human health, and the environment. By telling the story of the oil palm across multiple centuries and continents, Robins demonstrates how the fruits of an African palm tree became a key commodity in the story of global capitalism, beginning in the eras of slavery and imperialism, persisting through decolonization, and stretching to the present day.

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Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges
Release date: June 2021
Authors: Jonathan E. Robins
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-6289-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International trade > Trade agreements & tariffs
Books > History > General
LSN: 1-4696-6289-2
Barcode: 9781469662893

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