Gold, oil, and avocados : a recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities / Andy Robinson.
Title:
Gold, oil, and avocados : a recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities / Andy Robinson.
ISBN:
9781612199351
Personal Author:
Edition:
New and revised edition.
Publication Information:
Brooklyn : Melville House, [2021]
Physical Description:
344 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Spanish title: Oro, petróleo y aguacates.
Contents:
Iron (Minas Gerais, Brazil) -- Niobium (Brazil) -- Coltan (Gran Sabana, Venezuela) -- Gold (Colombia; Central America; Utah; Nevada) -- Diamonds and Emeralds (Diamantina, Brazil) -- Bananas (Honduras) -- Potatoes (Puno, Peru) -- Copper (Apurímac, Peru; Atacama Desert, Chile) -- Lithium (Potosí, Bolivia) -- Quinoa (Uyuni, Bolivia) -- Silver (San Luis Potosí, Mexico) -- Avocados (Michoacán, Mexico) -- Soy (Pará, Brazil; Bahia, Brazil) -- Beef (Pará, Brazil) -- Oil (Venezuela; Brazil; Mexico) -- Hydro (Pará, Brazil).
Summary:
Tells the story of the recent history of Latin America as viewed through the prism of the region's valuable commodities such as oil, gold, avocados and bananas, and how the historical plunder of the region's resources still persists.
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OCLC Number:
on1263184938
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