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Agriculture and Food in Crisis : Conflict, Resistance, and Renewal /

The failures of "free-market" capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. Although modern human societies have attained unprecedented levels of wealth, a significant amount of the world's population continues to suffer from hunger or fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Tokar, Brian, Magdoff, Fred, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The failures of "free-market" capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. Although modern human societies have attained unprecedented levels of wealth, a significant amount of the world's population continues to suffer from hunger or food insecurity on a daily basis. In Agriculture and Food in Crisis, Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar have assembled an exceptional collection of scholars from around the world to explore this frightening long-term trend in food production. While approaching the issue from many angles, the contributors to this volume s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781583673911