| Description |
248 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
An overview / Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, Frederick H. Buttel -- The agrarian origins of capitalism / Ellen Meiksins Wood -- Liebig, Marx, and the depletion of soil fertility : relevance for today's agriculture / John Bellamy Foster, Fred Magdoff -- Concentration of ownership and control in agriculture / William D. Heffernan -- Ecological impacts of industrial agriculture and the possibilities for truly sustainable farming / Miguel A. Altieri -- The maturing of capitalist agriculture : farmer as proletarian / R.C. Lewontin -- New agricultural biotechnologies : the struggle for democratic choice / Gerard Middendorf ... [et al.] -- Global food politics / Philip McMichael -- The great global enclosure of our times : peasants and the agrarian question at the end of the twentieth century / Farshad Araghi -- Organizing U.S. farm workers : a continuous struggle / Linda C. Majka, Theo J. Majka -- Rebuilding local food systems from the grassroots up / Elizabeth Henderson -- Want amid plenty : from hunger to inequality / Janet Poppendieck -- Cuba : a successful case study of sustainable agriculture / Peter M. Rosset -- The importance of land reform in the reconstruction of China / William Hinton. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Agricultural industries.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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| Added Author |
Magdoff, Fred, 1942-
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Foster, John Bellamy.
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Buttel, Frederick H.
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| ISBN |
1583670165 (alk. paper) |
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9781583670163 (alk. paper) |
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1583670157 (pbk.) |
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9781583670156 (pbk.) |
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