RT Book, Section
T1 European Imperialism, War, Strategic Commodities and Ecological Limits: The Diffusion of Hemp in Spanish South America and Its Ghost Fibers 1
A1 Diaz-Ordoñez, Manuel
A1 Pérez García, Manuel
K1 Spanish empire
K1 Global history
K1 Economic history
K1 Cannabis
K1 America
K1 Atlantic World
K1 Proyecto GECEM
AB Early globalization travelled in cordages and ships' sails made with thousands of tons of European hemp. The new American geographies could have served to increment its cultivation, increasing what Pomeranz defines as ghost acreage, to supply the huge demand for European cannabis. The sources for Spanish America show, in fact, a firm will to increase the cultivation of hemp to be used in naval vessels. However, a wide historical record of failures and frustrations seems incompatible with classical explanations such as European mercantilist resistance to the crop¿s transfer to the Americas. Therefore, it seems reasonable to turn to other scientific disciplines, including botany and agronomy, in order to reinterpret the scarce introduction of hemp cultivation in South America.
PB Routledge
SN 9781003168058
YR 2021
FD 2021-06-29
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/11979
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/11979
LA en
NO American Globalization, 1492-1850: Trans-Cultural Consumption in Spanish Latin America, pp. 55-77.
NO GECEM Project (ERC-Starting Grant), ref. 679371, under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, www.gecem.eu.
NO https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003168058-5/european-imperialism-war-strategic-commodities-ecological-limits-manuel-d%C3%ADaz-ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez?context=ubx&refId=b433800a-b7c6-4a92-b622-9ace89210f55
NO www.gecem.eu
NO https://www.gecem.eu/publications/index.html
NO GECEM Project (ERC-Starting Grant), ref. 679371, Horizon 2020, project hosted at UPO
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026