1st Edition
Globalizing the Soybean Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950
By Ines Prodöhl
Copyright 2023
204 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in regions beyond Asia in the first half of the twentieth century.
Historian Ines Prodöhl describes the soybean’s journey centered on three hubs: Northeast China, as the crop’s main growing area up to the Second World War; Germany, to where most of the... Read more
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Biography
Ines Prodöhl is associate professor in history at the University of Bergen, Norway. She specializes in modern economic and global history and has published many works on the history of soybeans and fat.
