Commodity Frontiers and Global Capitalist Expansion Social, Ecological and Political Implications from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Joseph, Sabrina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Political economy.; Environmental policy.; Labor economics.; Environmental economics.; Economic policy.; Economic History.; International Political Economy.; Environmental Policy.; Labor Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Economic Policy.
• Physical Description: XV, 292 p. 7 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030153229
• ISSN: 2662-6497
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15322-9

This interdisciplinary edited collection explores the dynamics of global capitalist expansion through the concept of the 'commodity frontier'. Applying an inductive approach rather than starting at the global level, as most meta-narratives have done, this book sheds light on how local dynamics have shaped the process of capitalist expansion into 'uncommodified' spaces. Contributors demonstrate that ultimately the evolution of frontier zones and their reconfiguration over time have transformed human ecology, labour relations and social, economic and political structures across the globe. Chapters examine agricultural and pastoral frontiers, natural habitats, and commodity frontiers with fossil fuels and mineral resources located in various regions of the world, including South America, Asia, Africa and the Arabian Gulf. .