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100 1 a| Nelson, Scott Reynoldse| author.=| ^A322019;

245 10 a| Oceans of grain :b| how American wheat remade the world /c| Scott Reynolds Nelson.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Basic Books,c| 2022.;

300 a| vii, 356 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The black paths, 10,000-800 BC -- The gates of Constantinople, 800 BC-AD 1758 -- Physiocratic expansion, 1760-1844 -- P. infestans and the birth of free trade, 1845-1852 -- Capitalism and slavery, 1853-1863 -- "Ceres Americana," 1861-1865 -- Boom, 1866 -- What is to be done? 1866-1871 -- The great grain crisis, 1873-1883 -- The grain power of Europe, 1815-1887 -- "Russia is the shame of Europe," 1882-1909 -- Orient express, army of action, 1910-1914 -- A world war over bread, 1914-1917 -- Grain as authority, 1916-1924.;

520 a| "A revelatory global history shows how cheap American grain toppled the world's largest empires. To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain-along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate these routes transformed the balance of world power. Early in the nineteenth century, imperial Russia fed much of Europe through the booming port of Odessa. But following the US Civil War, tons of American wheat began to flood across the Atlantic, and food prices plummeted. This cheap foreign grain spurred the rise of Germany and Italy, the decline of the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, and the European scramble for empire. It was a crucial factor in the outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. A powerful new interpretation, Oceans of Grain shows that amid the great powers' rivalries, there was no greater power than control of grain"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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650 6 a| Bléx| Commercez| États-Unisx| Histoire.;

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Oceans of grain : how American wheat remade the world / Scott Reynolds Nelson.

Author/creator	Nelson, Scott Reynolds author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Basic Books, 2022.
Copyright Date	©2022
Description	vii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	Wheat trade--United States. --History. Wheat trade--History. World history. Blé--Commerce. --États-Unis. --Histoire. Blé--Commerce. --Histoire. Histoire universelle.

Contents	The black paths, 10,000-800 BC -- The gates of Constantinople, 800 BC-AD 1758 -- Physiocratic expansion, 1760-1844 -- P. infestans and the birth of free trade, 1845-1852 -- Capitalism and slavery, 1853-1863 -- "Ceres Americana," 1861-1865 -- Boom, 1866 -- What is to be done? 1866-1871 -- The great grain crisis, 1873-1883 -- The grain power of Europe, 1815-1887 -- "Russia is the shame of Europe," 1882-1909 -- Orient express, army of action, 1910-1914 -- A world war over bread, 1914-1917 -- Grain as authority, 1916-1924.
Abstract	"A revelatory global history shows how cheap American grain toppled the world's largest empires. To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain-along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate these routes transformed the balance of world power. Early in the nineteenth century, imperial Russia fed much of Europe through the booming port of Odessa. But following the US Civil War, tons of American wheat began to flood across the Atlantic, and food prices plummeted. This cheap foreign grain spurred the rise of Germany and Italy, the decline of the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, and the European scramble for empire. It was a crucial factor in the outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. A powerful new interpretation, Oceans of Grain shows that amid the great powers' rivalries, there was no greater power than control of grain"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2021032198
ISBN	9781541646469 hardcover
ISBN	1541646460 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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