• Scott Reynolds Nelson on How Cheap American Grain Toppled the World’s Largest Empires

    In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

    Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

    In this episode, Andrew is joined by Scott Reynolds Nelson, the author of Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World.

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    Scott Reynolds Nelson is a history professor at the University of Georgia and an award-winning author. He writes about 19th-century US history including the history of slavery and Reconstruction. He also writes about international finance, the history of science, and global commodities.


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