Nadra O. Hashim

Hemp and the Global Economy (eBook, ePUB)

The Rise of Labor, Innovation, and Trade

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Hemp helped not only to define economic development in southern and border-states, it also played a crucial role in agricultural production in the Mid-Atlantic, as well as industrial development in the North-east. From the founding of the nation, the manufacture of American hemp helped monetize the US economy. US hemp producers also established a range modern labor practices, including the identification and training of skilled labor, the use of seasonal workers, and ultimately, the creation of a sliding scale of wages. This book chronicles this history, as well as the contemporary controversy obstructing the production of both industrial hemp and medical marijuana. The analysis concludes with a survey of current industrial hemp projects, including several promising adaptations - as a potential medicine, a bio-fuel, and most promisingly, a reliable source of clean computing fabrication.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498524605
• Artikelnr.: 50391629

Autorenporträt

Nadra Hashim is reviewer for the Journal ofAgriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Hemp: From Antiquity to 1683
Chapter 2: 1690-1865: The Emergence of American Hemp and the Rise of
Russian Hemp
Chapter 3: Hemp Production from 1865 to the end of WWII
Chapter 4: Twenty first Century Economic Competition: Hemp goes High Tech