A Local History of Global Capital
Tariq Omar Ali
Princeton University Press, 2018
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Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world's grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and bacon. Jute was the second-most widely consumed fiber in the world, after cotton. While the sack circulated globally, the plant was cultivated
- ISBN-13
- 9780691170237
- ISBN-10
- 0691170231
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Publication date
- 2018-05-15
- Pages
- 272
- Dimensions
- 165x258x31
- Weight
- 580