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Introductory overview of the commodity frontier concept, the scope of the book, as well as a synopsis and analysis of the individual book chapters.
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Joseph, S. (2019). Introduction. In: Joseph, S. (eds) Commodity Frontiers and Global Capitalist Expansion. Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15322-9_1
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