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Gold, oil, and avocados : a recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities / Andy Robinson.
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- ISBN: 1612199356
- ISBN: 9781612199351
- ISBN: 9781612199351
- ISBN: 1612199356
- Physical Description: 344 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: New and revised edition.
- Publisher: Brooklyn : Melville House, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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, etc.: | 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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| Subject: | Natural resources > Latin America > Management. Latin America > Economic conditions. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Somers Public Library | 333.7098 ROB (Text) | 34042149347959 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aGold, oil, and avocados : ‡ba recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities / ‡cAndy Robinson. |
| 250 | . | ‡aNew and revised edition. | |
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| 520 | . | ‡aTells 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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