Description |
xvi, : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Series |
Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 160 |
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Studies in the political economy of the world-system |
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Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 160
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Studies in the political economy of the world-system.
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Contents |
Introduction: Agrarian and Food Relations in the World-Economy / Philip McMichael -- 1. Food and Its Relationship to Concepts of Power / Sidney Mintz -- 2. Food Politics: New Dangers, New Possibilities / Harriet Friedmann -- 3. Durable Food Production and Consumption in the World-Economy / Susan J. Thompson and J. Tadlock Cowan -- 4. Historical Transformations in Agrarian Systems Based on Wet-Rice Cultivation: Toward an Alternative Model of Social Change / Ravi Arvind Palat -- 5. Fatal Conjuncture: The Decline and Fall of the Modern Agrarian Order during the Bretton Woods Era / Resat Kasaba and Faruk Tabak -- 6. Canadian Misfortunes and Filipino Fortunes: The Invention of Seaweed Mariculture and the Geographical Reorganization of Seaweed Production / Lanfranco Blanchetti-Revelli -- 7. Vines and Wines in the World-Economy / Roberto P. Korzeniewicz, Walter Goldfrank and Miguel E. Korzeniewicz |
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8. The Regulation of the World Coffee Market: Tropical Commodities and the Limits of Globalization / John M. Talbot -- 9. On Global Pond: International Development and Commodity Chains in the Shrimp Industry / Mike Skladany and Craig K. Harris -- 10. Industrial Restructuring and Agrarian Change: The Greening of Singapore / Frances M. Ufkes -- 11. Gender and Cheap Labor in Agriculture / Jane L. Collins -- 12. Depeasantization and Agrarian Decline in the Caribbean / Ramon Grosfoguel -- 13. Free Trade Agreements: Their Impact on Agriculture and the Environment / Robert Schaeffer |
Notes |
Papers presented at the Seventeenth Annual Political Economy of the World-System Conference, held at Cornell University, Ithaca, Arpil, 1993 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Produce trade -- Congresses.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Food supply -- Congresses.
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Land tenure -- Congresses.
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International economic relations -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
McMichael, Philip.
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Political Economy of the World-System Conference (17th : 1993 : Cornell University)
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LC no. |
94017977 |
ISBN |
0313293996 (alk. paper) |
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