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1 online resource (349 pages) |
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New ecologies for the twenty-first century |
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New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Creating a New Rationality of Agriculture in a Postindustrial World -- Part I: Toward a New Rationality of Agriculture -- The New Paysan Movements: French Industrialized Agriculture and the Rise of the Postindustrial Paysan -- The Confédération Paysanne: Philosophy, Structure, and Constituency -- Part II: The Confédération Paysanne's Early Anti-GMO Campaign, from Risk to Globalization -- Union Activism and Programs: Early Campaigns and Paysan Agriculture -- We Have Always Been Modern: Toward a Progressive Anti-GMO Campaign -- The Trial of the GMOS: Deploying Discourses from Risk to Globalization -- Part III: How France Grew Its Own Alter-globalization Movement -- Caravans, GMOS, and McDo: The Campaign Continues -- Operation Roquefort, Part I: Traveling to Washington, D.C. -- Operation Roquefort, Part II: The Battle of Seattle -- Postindustrial Paysans in a Post-Seattle World: New Movements, New Possibilities -- Conclusion: French Lessons; What's to Be Learned? |
| Summary |
Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Agriculture and state -- France
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Farmers -- Political activity -- France -- History -- 20th century
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Genetically modified foods -- Political aspects -- France
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Sustainable agriculture -- France
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Anti-globalization movement -- France
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Agriculture and state.
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Anti-globalization movement.
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Farmers -- Political activity.
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Genetically modified foods -- Political aspects.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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France.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822394808 |
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0822394804 |
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