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TEXTILES AND DEPENDENCY 136 Birgit Ulrike Münch ‘Hard Stuff’: Dependency and Enslavement Associated with Cotton in Modern Europe and the US 142 Michael Zeuske Cotton Production and Plantation Slavery in the 18th and 19th Centuries 150 Claudia Jarzebowski and Karoline Noack Shades of Blue: The Interwoven Paths of the Colour Blue 104 Patrick Zeidler Textiles and Dependency 114 Konrad Vössing (Do) ‘Clothes Make the Man’ (?): Textiles, Status and Identity in the Roman Empire 122 Petra Linscheid Silk, Gold and Purple: Textile Production and Dependencies in Late Antiquity 128 Karoline Noack Cotton in the Andes: An ‘Industrial Crop’ from the Very Beginning STIMULANTS, LUXURY FOODS AND DEPENDENCY 158 Nikolai Grube Stimulants, Luxury Foods and Dependency 168 Ludwig Morenz and Frank Förster Beer vs Wine: A Small but Significant Difference (Even) in Ancient Egypt 176 Patrick Zeidler Wine in Ancient Greece: Images of Dependency 184 Nikolai Grube Smoke Conquers the World: Tobacco as a Medicinal Plant and Luxury Substance 192 Karoline Noack The Coca Leaf: An Everyday Drug and a Ritual Gift 198 Michael Zeuske Harvesting the Sweet Gold of the Tropics: Slavery on Sugar Plantations 206 Julia A. B. Hegewald Tea and Colonial India 212 Appendix Picture credits / Copyright information

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