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Rebels for the soil : the rise of the global organic food and farming movement /
This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology it analyses and explains how both people and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change global agriculture. Starting from the British Empire in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Washington, DC :
Earthscan,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology it analyses and explains how both people and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change global agriculture. Starting from the British Empire in the 1930s, where the first trans-national roots of organic farming took hold, through to the internet-mediated social protests against genetically modified crops at the end of the twentieth century, the author traces the rise to prominence of the movement. As well as providing a historical account, the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 168 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849776479 1849776474 9781844075973 1844075974 9781844073719 1844073718 |