Agriculture and food in crisis : conflict, resistance, and renewal /

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Imprint:New York : Monthly Review Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (348 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168571
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Other authors / contributors:Magdoff, Fred, 1942-
Tokar, Brian.
ISBN:9781583673911
1583673911
9781583672266
1583672265
9781583672273
1583672273
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-333) and index.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Agriculture and food in crisis. New York : Monthly Review Press, ©2010 9781583672266