{"product_id":"from-the-grounds-up-2","title":"From the Grounds Up","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, Latin American exports boomed. From Chihuahua to Patagonia, producers sent industrial fibers, tropical fruits, and staple goods across oceans to satisfy the ever-increasing demand from foreign markets. In southern Mexico's Soconusco district, the coffee trade would transform rural life. A regional history of the Soconusco as well as a study in commodity capitalism, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Grounds Up\u003c\/i\u003e places indigenous and mestizo villagers, migrant workers, and local politicians at the center of our understanding of the export boom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn isolated, impoverished backwater for most of the nineteenth century, by 1920, the Soconusco had transformed into a small but vibrant node in the web of global commerce. Alongside plantation owners and foreign investors, a dense but little-explored web of small-time producers, shopowners, and laborers played key roles in the rapid expansion of export production. Their deep engagement with rural development challenges the standard top-down narrative of market integration led by economic elites allied with a strong state. Here, Casey Marina Lurtz argues that the export boom owed its success to a diverse body of players whose choices had profound impacts on Latin America's export-driven economy during the first era of globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Casey Marina Lurtz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573233352886,"sku":"9781503632615","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781503632615_99971513-50eb-4e76-a2d1-0a17d33107b4.jpg?v=1727357301","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/from-the-grounds-up-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}