Colours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization - A History of the Natural Dyes of the Americas, 1500-2000

This volume explores the global history of natural dyes from the Americas and asks how their production and trade have shaped globalisation since early modern times. From their extraction and processing to their overseas trade, it shows how this commodity contributed to the rise of the textile industry and consumption in Europe, the United States and Latin America. In doing so, it sheds new light on the emergence of a global economy. Spanning several centuries, Colours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization takes the reader from 1500 through the industrial revolutions of Europe and the United States and culminates in the synthetic age of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Ranging from the indigo trade in the Atlantic to the secrets of the Indian production of cochineal, the chapters in this collection transcend nationally bounded historical narratives and explore transoceanic dynamics, imperial ambitions and the cross-cultural exchange of knowledge and techniques to better understand the birth of globalization.>

Product details

• Authors: Carlos Marichal, David Pretel
• Assisted by: Carlos Marichal (Editor), Marichal Carlos (Editor), David Pretel (Editor), Pretel David (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781350408111
• ISBN: 978-1-350-40811-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Globalization, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, General & world history, Economic history, General and world history, History of the Americas