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Grains: Resources
Bill (Edito Winders
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Description for Grains: Resources
Paperback. Grains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people s diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even climate change. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
Grains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people's diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even climate change. But why are grains so important and ubiquitous? What political conflicts and economic processes underlie this dominance? Who controls the world's supply of grains and with what outcomes? In this timely book, Bill Winders unravels the complex story of feed and food grains in ... Read more
Grains - particularly maize, rice, and wheat - are the central component of most people's diets, but we rarely stop to think about the wider role they play in national and international policy-making, as well as global issues like food security, biotechnology, and even climate change. But why are grains so important and ubiquitous? What political conflicts and economic processes underlie this dominance? Who controls the world's supply of grains and with what outcomes? In this timely book, Bill Winders unravels the complex story of feed and food grains in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Resources
Condition
New
Weight
303g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745688046
SKU
V9780745688046
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Bill (Edito Winders
Bill Winders is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Reviews for Grains: Resources
Grains explores the foundational role that maize, wheat, and rice have played in the construction of global food regimes. Taking a deep dive into the political economy of food, Bill Winders combines trenchant analyses with a clear and engaging narrative about the three crops that influence everything we eat. Eric Holt-Gim?nez, Food First, Institute for Food & ... Read more