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Author Heller, Chaia, author.

Title Food, farms & solidarity : French farmers challenge industrial agriculture and genetically modified crops / Chaia Heller.

Publication Info. Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (349 pages).
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Series New ecologies for the twenty-first century
New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
Note Print version record.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language English.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2019. MiAaHDL
System Details 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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Subject Agriculture and state -- France.
Farmers -- Political activity -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Genetically modified foods -- Political aspects -- France.
Sustainable agriculture -- France.
Anti-globalization movement -- France.
Politique agricole -- France.
Agriculteurs -- Activité politique -- France -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Aliments transgéniques -- Aspect politique -- France.
Agriculture durable -- France.
Altermondialisme -- France.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Agriculture and state
Anti-globalization movement
Farmers -- Political activity
Genetically modified foods -- Political aspects
Sustainable agriculture
France https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form History
Added Title Food, farms and solidarity
Other Form: Print version: Heller, Chaia. Food, Farms, and Solidarity : French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops. Durham : Duke University Press, ©2012 9780822351184
ISBN 9780822394808
0822394804
9780822351276
0822351277
9780822351184
0822351188
9781283925051
1283925052
Standard No. AU@ 000052917154
AU@ 000052014891
DEBSZ 397529902
DEBSZ 423143158

 
    
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