Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950Texas A&M University Press, 2007 - 341 pagina's Before the invention of the combine, the binder was an essential harvesting implement that cut grain and bound the stalks in bundles tied with twine that could then be hand-gathered into shocks for threshing. Hundreds of thousands of farmers across the United States and Canada relied on binders and the twine required for the machine's operation. Implement manufacturers discovered that the best binder twine was made from henequen and sisal--spiny, fibrous plants native to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The double dependency that subsequently developed between Mexico and the Great Plains of the United States and Canada affected the agriculture, ecology, and economy of all three nations in ways that have historically been little understood. These interlocking dependencies--identified by author Sterling Evans as the "henequen-wheat complex"--initiated or furthered major ecological, social, and political changes in each of these agricultural regions. Drawing on extensive archival work as well as the existing secondary literature, Evans has woven an intricate story that will change our understanding of the complex, transnational history of the North American continent. |
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Yucatáns Henequen Industry Social and Environmental Transformations | 32 |
Yaquis in Yucatán Imported Slave Labor and the Sonora Connection | 67 |
Twine Diplomacy Yucatán the United States and Canada during the Sisal Situationof 1915 | 91 |
PrisonMade Twine The Role of the Penitentiaries in the Henequen Wheat Complex | 121 |
Decline Depression and Drought Economic and Environmental Change in the Great Plains and Yucatán 1916 | 161 |
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Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for ... Sterling D. Evans Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2013 |
Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-wheat Complex for ... Sterling Evans Fragmentweergave - 2007 |
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Pagina xix - From a cultural perspective, the production of commodities is also a cultural and cognitive process: commodities must be not only produced materially as things, but also culturally marked as being a certain kind of thing.
Pagina xviii - For the economist, commodities simply are. That is, certain things and rights to things are produced, exist, and can be seen to circulate through the economic system as they are being exchanged for other things, usually in exchange for money.