Jute and Peasant Life in the Bengal Delta
by
Tariq Omar Ali
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world's grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and bacon. Jute was the second-most widely consumed fiber in the world, after cotton. While the...