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1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 9 |
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Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 9.
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| Contents |
Cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa / William G. Moseley and Leslie C. Gray -- Producing poverty : power relations and price formation in the cotton commodity chains of West Africa / Thomas J. Bassett -- Cotton production in Burkina Faso : international rhetoric versus local realities / Leslie C. Gray -- Mali's cotton conundrum : commodity production and development on the periphery / William G. Mosely -- Decline of Bt cotton in KwaZulu-Natal : technology and institutions / Marnus Gouse, Bhavani Shankar, and Colin Thirtle -- Many paths of cotton sector reform in East and Southeast Africa : lessons from a decade of experience / David Tschirley, Colin Poulton, and Duncan Boughton -- Cotton production, poverty, and inequality in rurarl Benin : evidence from the 1990s / Corinne Siaens and Quentin Wodon -- Rural development is more than commodity production : cotton in the farming system of Kita, Mali / Dolores Koenig -- Cotton casualties and cooperatives : reinventing farmer collectives at the expense of rural Malian communities? / Scott M. Lacy -- Genetically engineered cotton : politics, science, and power in West Africa / Jim Bingen -- Organic cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa : a new development paradigm? / Brian M. Dowd -- Hanging by a thread : the future of cotton in Africa / Leslie C. Gray and William G. Moseley |
| Summary |
The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world's major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the global market, and debates about the pros and cons of this trend have intensified. Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa illuminates the connections between Africa and the global economy. The editors offer a compelling set of linked studies that detail on |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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Cotton trade -- Africa
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Cotton -- Economic aspects -- Africa
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Poverty -- Africa
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Cotton -- Economic aspects
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Cotton trade
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Poverty
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Baumwollanbau
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Baumwollwirtschaft
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Gesellschaft
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Fattigdom -- Afrika.
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Bomullshandel -- Afrika.
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Africa
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Afrika
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Moseley, William G.
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Gray, Leslie.
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| ISBN |
9780896804616 |
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0896804615 |
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