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.

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 dyna...