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During the late nineteenth century, competition from cheap American grains
undermined agricultural economies across Europe. This article investigates
how similar forces of globalization in the production of Mediterranean frui
ts and nuts dampened economic prospects across southern Europe and in some
cases contributed to outright economic and political crises.