Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange Data Set (doi:10.7910/DVN/BWCIXE)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange Data Set

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/BWCIXE

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2025-03-10

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Adam Matthew Digital, 2025, "Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange Data Set", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BWCIXE, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange Data Set

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/BWCIXE

Authoring Entity:

Adam Matthew Digital

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Shikha Sharma

Depositor:

Abrahamse, Benjamin A.

Date of Deposit:

2025-03-10

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BWCIXE

Study Scope

Keywords:

Arts and Humanities, Commercial products, History, Cultural relations

Abstract:

<p>Metadata and external page links for manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured in this resource have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years. They helped transform societies, global trading operations, habits of consumption and social practices.The fifteen commodities covered are: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits.</p> <p>Materials sourced from over twenty key libraries and more than a dozen companies and trade organisations around the world.</p> <p>DATA AVAILABE FOR PERIOD: BC-2009</p>

Time Period:

2009

Notes:

<p><b>Access is restricted.</b>. MIT affiliates should access this dataset by logging into Dataverse and selecting Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</p> <p>View in <a href="https://mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9935888920306761&context=U&vid=01MIT_INST:MIT&lang=en">MIT catalog</a></p> <p>File type: xls (zipped archives)</p> <p>mcdm: one-time (deposited 2025-03-10)</p>

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Data Access

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MIT affiliates should access this dataset by logging into Dataverse and selecting Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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GC_pt_1.zip

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GC_pt_2.zip

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GC_pt_3.zip

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application/zip