LOCAL HISTORY OF GLOBAL CAPITAL : Jute And Peasant Life In The Bengal Delta
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- New Jersey Princeton University Press 2019/01/01
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Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world's grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and bacon. Jute was the second-most widely consumed fiber in the world, after cotton.
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India--Bengal Trade- Jute Social conditions Commodity exchanges Economic history Jute industry