Resumen
El presente artículo aborda el impacto del cambio tecnológico en la evolución de las fronteras de producción de mercancías tropicales por medio del estudio de los casos del palo de tinte y el chicle en la península yucateca desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta la segunda guerra mundial. Tres son los propósitos de este texto. En primer lugar, poner de relieve el papel que el cambio tecnológico a distintas escalas tuvo en el auge y declive de las cadenas globales de mercancías tropicales, en particular forestales, durante los años de la llamada segunda revolución industrial. En segundo lugar, argumentar que los ciclos de explotación del palo de tinte y el chicle en la península de Yucatán estuvieron determinados por la articulación de tecnologías globales y locales, en concreto químicas, botánicas y mecánicas. En tercer lugar, demostrar que las cadenas globales de transformación de estos dos recursos forestales fueron espacios de sincronía tecnocientífica, al conectar dos culturas tecnológicas disímiles.
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