Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000: A History of the Devil's Metal

ISBN-13: 9780415737050 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 298 str.

Mats Ingulstad; Andrew Perchard; Espen Storli

Opis

For most of the 20th century tin was fundamental for both warfare and welfare. The widespread use of the tin can created a revolution in food preservation and helped feed both the armies of the great powers and the masses of the new urban society. The tin trade was therefore always a highly politically charged economy, in which states and private enterprise competed and cooperated to assert control over deposits, smelters and markets. This book demonstrates the ways in which the history of a humble metal shaped the evolution of a global economic trade.

Spis treści

Preface Geoffrey Jones  Introduction: "The Path of Civilization is Paved with Tin Cans": The Political Economy of the Global Tin Industry Mats Ingulstad, Andrew Perchard, and Espen Storli  1. Not by Tin Alone: Managing Decline in Cornwall, 1850 – 1920 Roger Burt and Norikazu Kudo  2. Bankers, Entrepreneurs and Bolivian Tin in the International Economy, 1900 – 1932 Oscar Granados  3. Summer’s Food for Winter’s Tables: Tin Consumption in the Americas Joel Wolfe  4. Banging the Tin Drum: The United States and the Quest for Strategic Self-Sufficiency in Tin Mats Ingulstad  5. Tin and the German War Economy: Scrap Drives, Black Markets and Plundering Abroad Jonas Scherner  6. Tin, Tin in the Congo: From Imperial Asset to Conflict Material Alanna O’Malley  7. The Trouble with Tin: Governments and Businesses in Decolonizing Malaya Nick White  8. Trading Tin in an Era of Decolonization Espen Storli  9. Increasing Developing Countries’ Gains from Tin Mining: The Boom Years Prior to the Collapse of the International Tin Agreement John Thoburn  10. "The strategic wolf hidden beneath the clothing of the economic sheep"? Tin and the Strategizing of Raw Materials Andrew Perchard