Oil Palm : A Global History /

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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 ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Robins, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Palm oil industry.
Capitalism.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Palmier à huile > Applications industrielles.
Huile de palme > Industrie > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Huile de palme > Industrie > Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire.
Huile de palme > Industrie > Afrique > Histoire.
Oil palm > Industrial applications.
Palm oil industry > Political aspects > History.
Palm oil industry > Southeast Asia > History.
Palm oil industry > Africa > History.
Southeast Asia.
Africa.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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. 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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (432 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469662916

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