Food and Agrarian Orders in the World-Economy

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Edited by Philip McMichael

ISBN: 0-313-29399-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29399-3

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304 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 1/30/1995

List Price: $126.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Paperback

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Economics and Economic History

Series Number: 160

Description: 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.

Table of Contents:

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

LC Card Number: 94-17977

LCC Class: HD9000

Dewey Class: 338.1


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