Born With a Copper Spoon: A Global History of Copper, 1830-1980 - Softcover

 
9780774864862: Born With a Copper Spoon: A Global History of Copper, 1830-1980
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0774864869 ISBN 13: 9780774864862
Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, 2023

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A global perspective on the demand for and production of copper.

Over the past two centuries, industrial societies hungry for copper—essential for light, power, and communication—have demanded ever-increasing quantities. Born with a Copper Spoon examines how the metal has been produced, distributed, controlled, and sold on a global scale. Throughout history, copper production has spawned its own practices, technologies, and a constantly changing political economy. Large-scale production has affected ecologies, states, and companies while creating and even destroying local communities dependent on volatile commodity markets. Former president Kenneth Kaunda once remarked that Zambians were "born with a copper spoon in our mouths," but few societies managed to profit from copper’s abundance. From copper cartels and the futures market to the consequences of resource nationalism, Born with a Copper Spoon delivers a global perspective on one of the world’s most important metals.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robrecht Declercq is a senior postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium. He is the author of World Market Transformation. Duncan Money is a historian at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is the author of White Mineworkers on Zambia’s Copperbelt. Hans Otto Frøland is professor of European contemporary history at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He is a coeditor of From Warfare to Welfare and Industrial Collaboration in Nazi-Occupied Europe.

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Verlag
University of British Columbia Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0774864869
ISBN 13 
9780774864862
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
353
Herausgeber
Declercq Robrecht, Money Duncan, Frland Hans Otto
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
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