Oil Palm
A Global History
By Jonathan E. Robins

Approx. 416 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 20 halftones, 3 maps, 4 graphs
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-6289-3
Published: June 2021 -
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-6288-6
Published: June 2021
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By telling the story of the oil palm across multiple centuries and continents, Robins demonstrates how the fruits of an African palm tree became a key commodity in the story of global capitalism, beginning in the eras of slavery and imperialism, persisting through decolonization, and stretching to the present day.
About the Author
Jonathan E. Robins is associate professor of history at Michigan Technological University.
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"Robins eloquently weaves together a wide range of themes--economic history, colonial history, agricultural history, environmental history, gender history, the history of science and technology, and others beside--and demonstrates how the global circulation and cultivation of the oil palm plant has transformed lives and livelihoods for countless people living across the globe."--Stuart McCook, author of Coffee is Not Forever: A Global History of the Coffee Leaf Rust
"This book is a big, ambitious history of palm oil, truly global, which speaks to current environmental and social issues and is written in a crisp, engaging style."--Michitake Aso, author of Rubber and the Making of Vietnam: An Ecological History, 1897–1975