Embedding Agricultural Commodities An Introduction

Authors	W. van Schendel
Publication date	2017
Host editors	W. van Schendel
Book title	Embedding Agricultural Commodities
Book subtitle	Using Historical Evidence, 1840s–1940s
ISBN	9781472461865 9780815366843
ISBN (electronic)	9781315579122 9781317144977
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Publisher	London: Routledge
Organisations	Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract	How can we use historical source material to pinpoint social change? Embedding Agricultural Commodities shows six different ways, based on different types of historical source. Each chapter is concerned with the same process: the embedding of commodities in existing agrarian systems. Embedding is the term we use for the process of forging an agricultural commodity chain: introducing a new cash crop and making sure it endures.
Document type	Chapter
Language	English
Published at	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315579122
Published at	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315579122-7
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