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Title: The First Green Revolution: Debt Peonage and the Making of the Nitrogen Fertilizer Trade, 1840–1930.
Authors: Melillo, Edward D.
Source: American Historical Review. Oct2012, Vol. 117 Issue 4, p1028-1060. 33p.
Subjects: Nitrogen fertilizer industry, Nitrogen fertilizers & the environment, International trade, Foreign workers, Peonage, Guano industry, Sodium nitrites, Nitrogen in agriculture, History
Abstract: The article focuses on the history of nitrogen fertilizer trade between 1840 and 1930 and how it impacted transnational labor history and environmental history. The author discusses how this type of international trade involved debt peonage, explores how guano and sodium nitrate were exported from Peru and Chile to the U.S. and Europe, and examines how nitrogen fertilizer changed agriculture systems.
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  Data: The article focuses on the history of nitrogen fertilizer trade between 1840 and 1930 and how it impacted transnational labor history and environmental history. The author discusses how this type of international trade involved debt peonage, explores how guano and sodium nitrate were exported from Peru and Chile to the U.S. and Europe, and examines how nitrogen fertilizer changed agriculture systems.
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