Philip Mcmichael

Food and Agrarian Orders in the World-Economy (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The emergence of a world economy depends on the reorganization of agriculture and food systems to provision the work force and the industries associated with the division of labor. This work emphasizes the central role played by food and agriculture in the world economy. The book includes a historical dimension along with the formulation of the challenges that face the world today. Social scientists of all kinds, but especially economists, sociologists, environmentalists, and political scientists, should be interested in this volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313390319
• Artikelnr.: 37839378

Autorenporträt

PHILIP McMICHAEL is Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Cornell University. Mr. McMichael is the author of a number of books and articles in this area.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Agrarian and Food Relations in the World Economy Food in
World-Historical Perspective Food and Its Relationship to Concepts of Power
by Sidney Mintz Food Politics: New Dangers, New Possibilities by Harriet
Friedmann Durable Food Production and Consumption in the World-Economy by
Susan J. Thompson and J. Tadlock Cowan Agriculture in World-Historical
Perspective Historical Transformations in Agrarian Systems Based on
Wet-Rice Cultivation: Toward an Alternative Model of Social Change by Ravi
Arvinda Palat Fatal Conjuncture: The Decline and Fall of the Modern
Agrarian Order during the Bretton Woods Era by Resat Kasaba and Faruk Tabak
Contemporary Agro-Food Complexes Canadian Misfortunes and Filipino
Fortunes: The Invention of Seaweed Mariculture and the Geographical
Reorganization of Seaweed Production by Lanfranco Blanchetti-Revelli Vines
and Wines in the World-Economy by Roberto P. Korzeniewicz, Walter
Goldfrank, and Miguel E. Korzeniewicz The Regulation of the World Coffee
Market: Tropical Commodities and the Limits of Globalization by John M.
Talbot On Global Pond: International Development and Commodity Chains in
the Shrimp Industry by Mike Skladany and Craig K. Harris Recomposition of
Global and Regional Agro-Food Systems Industrial Restructuring and Agrarian
Change: The Greening of Singapore by Frances M. Ufkes Gender and Cheap
Labor in Agriculture by Jane L. Collins Depeasantization and Agrarian
Decline in the Caribbean by Ramon Grosfoguel Free Trade Agreements: Their
Impact on Agriculture and the Environment by Robert Schaeffer Selected
Bibliography Index