Creating Global Capitalism: Commodity Traders and the First Global Economy

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Espen Storli Marten Boon (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Creating Global Capitalism

Commodity Traders and the First Global Economy

Espen Storli, Marten Boon (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

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Routledge
04 October 2024

Globalization; International trade; Political economy; International business; Purchasing & supply management

This book provides a unique insight into the world of commodity trading companies, often depicted as the hidden companies of the global economy and showcases how they were instrumental in bringing about the economic integration of new commodities and far-flung regions into the first global economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

The late nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented phase of global economic integration. As organisers of global trade, trading companies specialising in commodities were instrumental in creating this first global economy. From soybeans to cultural artefacts, from seal hides to rubber, trading companies connected far-flung regions at or beyond the frontier of empires to a growing global market for these commodities. Satisfying the unsatiable appetite for commodities of industrializing economies in North America, Europe and East Asia, their nimble organisations and specialised trading skills allowed trading companies to harness imperial geopolitics, latch onto local networks and move across borders. This book brings together a collection of case studies of commodity trading companies across a range of commodities and regions between the 1870s and the 1930s. Through the lens of global value chains, the contributions showcase how these companies continuously adapted their businesses to a world that was at once economically more integrated but politically increasingly competitive in this age of high imperialism and national competition.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Business History.

Edited by: Espen Storli, Marten Boon (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9781032851334
ISBN 10: 1032851333
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 04 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Espen Storli is Professor of History at the Department of History and Modern Society at NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research interests include the history of natural resource extraction, commodity trading, and cartels. Marten Boon is Lecturer in History of International Relations at Utrecht University. He holds a PhD in economic and business history from Erasmus University. His research interest focuses on the business and transnational history of energy, with a particular focus on the oil and gas industry in the twentieth and twenty-first century.