《糖的世界与商品边疆》导论

IF 0.7 2区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI:10.1017/s0020859025100655

Ulbe Bosma

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糖的历史是一种在全球农业工业资本主义发展中发挥核心和有争议作用的商品的历史。在《建议与辩论》的引言部分，我将解释《糖的世界》的理论基础。请参考《商品前沿倡议》（Commodity Frontiers Initiative）的议程，该议程于2021年发表在《全球历史杂志》（Journal of Global History）上，我是该倡议的合著者。受弗里德曼和麦克迈克尔著作的启发，这一议程的一个关键要素是连续的大宗商品制度的概念，这些制度被系统性摩擦和为克服这些摩擦而进行的激烈创新阶段所分隔。此外，有人认为，《糖的世界》可以被解读为一种邀请，以探索全球劳动史的新方向。我的引言以劝告来结束，以克服单一商品历史的局限性，并更多地关注工人在塑造全球资本主义轨迹中的作用。

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The World of Sugar and the Commodity Frontiers Perspective: An Introduction

The history of sugar is that of a commodity that has played a central and contested role in the development of global agro-industrial capitalism. In my introduction to this “Suggestions and Debates” collection, the theoretical underpinnings of The World of Sugar will be explained. Reference is made to the agenda of the Commodity Frontiers Initiative, which was published in the Journal of Global History in 2021, and of which I was a co-author. Inspired by the work of Friedmann and McMichael, a key element of this agenda is the notion of successive commodity regimes, separated by systemic frictions and phases of intense innovation to overcome them. Moreover, the argument is made that The World of Sugar can be read as an invitation to explore new directions in global labour history. My introduction concludes with an exhortation to overcome the limitations of single-commodity histories and to give more attention to the agency of workers in shaping the trajectories of global capitalism.

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期刊介绍： International Review of Social History, is one of the leading journals in its field. Truly global in its scope, it focuses on research in social and labour history from a comparative and transnational perspective, both in the modern and in the early modern period, and across periods. The journal combines quality, depth and originality of its articles with an open eye for theoretical innovation and new insights and methods from within its field and from contiguous disciplines. Besides research articles, it features surveys of new themes and subject fields, a suggestions and debates section, review essays and book reviews. It is esteemed for its annotated bibliography of social history titles, and also publishes an annual supplement of specially commissioned essays on a current theme.