SOCIAL SCIENCES
(4) 4-6 World Commodities series. These dry but accessible volumes present simple principles of economics, including where each of the title commodities is grown or found, where it's consumed or used, and how it's manufactured or produced. Also briefly detailed are how markets work, the principles of supply and demand, and international policies and practices, e.g. social and ecological effects. Photographs, sidebars, and charts are included. Timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these World Commodities titles: Coal, Coffee, Iron Ore, Oil, Sugar, and Wheat.

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