The Challenge of "King Cotton". A new History of capitalism through the History of Commodities?
Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Luciano Segreto
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/102
Language Italian Pages 16 P. 93-108 File size 134 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2017-102005
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The article has two parts. In the first one, it highlights the role of commodities in the real economy. It underlines also the coincidence of their price increase after 2003 and their growing importance as a research topic, particularly in the framework of Global History. In the second part, it offers a comparative analysis of two recent books on cotton, considering similarities and differences of their approaches, and the difficult relations still existing between global and economic history.
Keywords: History of commodities, Research instruments for commodities, Global History, Cotton, Riello, Beckert
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Luciano Segreto, La sfida di "Re Cotone". Una nuova storia del capitalismo attraverso la storia delle commodities? in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 102/2017, pp 93-108, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2017-102005