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Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
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Wheat trade -- United States -- History.
Wheat trade -- History.
Commodity control -- History.
History, Modern.
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Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
Wheat trade -- United States -- History.
Wheat trade -- History.
Commodity control -- History.
History, Modern.
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Oceans
of
grain
:
how
American
wheat
remade
the
world
/ Scott Reynolds Nelson.
by
Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
Basic Books, 2022.
Call #:
909.8 N431o
Subjects
Wheat
trade -- United States -- History.
Wheat
trade -- History.
Commodity control -- History.
History, Modern.
ISBN:
9781541646469 (hc.)
Alternate title:
How
American
wheat
remade
the
world
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
vii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A revelatory global history shows
how
cheap
American
grain
toppled the
world
's largest empires. To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain-along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In '
Oceans
of
Grain
,' historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals
how
the struggle to dominate these routes transformed the balance of
world
power. Early in the nineteenth century, imperial Russia fed much of Europe through the booming port of Odessa. But following the US Civil War, tons of
American
wheat
began to flood across the Atlantic, and food prices plummeted. This cheap foreign
grain
spurred the rise of Germany and Italy, the decline of the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, and the European scramble for empire. It was a crucial factor in the outbreak of the First
World
War and the Russian Revolution. A powerful new interpretation, '
Oceans
of
Grain
' shows that amid the great powers' rivalries, there was no greater power than control of
grain
."--From publisher.
Genre:
Microhistory.
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