{"product_id":"colours-commodities-and-the-birth-of-globalization-a-history-of-the-natural-dyes-of-the-americas-1500-2000-paperback","title":"Colours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization: A History of the Natural Dyes of the Americas, 1500-2000 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlos Marichal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Pretel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/b\u003eFrom 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning several centuries, \u003ci\u003eColours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos Marichal\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at El Colegio de México, Mexico. He has published twenty books including \u003ci\u003eA Century of Debt Crises in Latin America, 1820-1930\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2012 he received the National Prize of Mexico in Sciences and Arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Pretel\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor at Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard, Cambridge, UCLA, and the Max Planck Institute. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eInstitutionalising Patents in Nineteenth-Century Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Caribbean and the Atlantic World Economy, 1650-1914 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Globalisation: Networks of Experts in World History\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46593704034501,"sku":"9781350408142","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/n1v1d-k6Ju9781350408142.webp?v=1785076109","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/colours-commodities-and-the-birth-of-globalization-a-history-of-the-natural-dyes-of-the-americas-1500-2000-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}