• The sulfur frontier of the Industrial Revolution: child labor, Sicilian sulfur was an important commodity for the industrial revolution (1750–1840). It was used for the finishing of textiles. Innovations in finishing were essential for the textile industry so that the productivity increases in spinning and weaving as well as in cotton plantations did not encounter a bottleneck. 
  • The Frontier of Hell: Sicily, Sulfur, and the Rise of the British Chemical Industry,1750-1840. Sicilian sulfur was an important commodity for the industrial revolution (1750–1840). Eventually, it gave rise to a spin-off, the chemical industry as a separate branch of production. These developments rested on the appropriation of uncommodified labor force and nature in Sicily.. When necessary to guarantee the supply of cheap sulfur against price and supply regulation, the British mobilized their Royal Navy. It is argued that the Sicilian frontier should be incorporated into the history of the industrial revolution.
  • The sulfur war (1840): a confrontation between Great Britain and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the Mediterranean. This article will argue that this seemingly outsized step is explained by the fact that the Sicilian sulfur mines were an important commodity frontier for the British capital, specifically for the textile industry. The supply of cheap sulfur was essential for the manufacturing of the chemicals used in the finishing of textiles, namely sulfuric acid, chlorine-based bleaching agents, and synthetic soda. Commodity frontiers restructure geographic space at the margins of the world economy, where uncommodified nature and the labor force is appropriated.
  • The story of Marsala wine. The Woodhouse, the Ingham, and the Whitaker. Their Marsala wine, another aspect of the British dominance in Sicily.