Hemp and the Global Economy - The Rise of Labor, Innovation, and Trade

This book examines the current development of high tech industrial hemp applications by investigating rich historical precedent. In antiquity, hemp production influenced economic growth and cultural norms, including the evolution and decline of feudalism and slavery. Today, hemp manufacturing shapes global labor, innovation, and trade practices.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Hemp: From Antiquity to 1683
Chapter 2: 1690-1865: The Emergence of American Hemp and the Rise of Russian Hemp
Chapter 3: Hemp Production from 1865 to the end of WWII
Chapter 4: Twenty first Century Economic Competition: Hemp goes High Tech

About the author

By Nadra O. Hashim

Summary

This book examines the current development of high tech industrial hemp applications by investigating rich historical precedent. In antiquity, hemp production influenced economic growth and cultural norms, including the evolution and decline of feudalism and slavery. Today, hemp manufacturing shapes global labor, innovation, and trade practices.

Product details

• Authors: Nadra O. Hashim, Hashim Nadra O.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498524612
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2461-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, Political science & theory, Local History, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Central Southern States, Central government policies, US South