{"product_id":"from-the-grounds-up-casey-marina-lurtz-9781503632615","title":"From the Grounds Up: Building an Export Economy in Southern Mexico","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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Casey Marina Lurtz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150363261X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503632615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Casey Marina Lurtz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054323593471,"sku":"9781503632615","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1243228-837d-4d0f-ba68-8265087c599a.jpg?v=1685029292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-the-grounds-up-casey-marina-lurtz-9781503632615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}