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Grains: Resources
Bill Winders
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Description for Grains: Resources
Hardcover. 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: 216 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
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 the global economy. Highlighting the importance of corporate control ... 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 the global economy. Highlighting the importance of corporate control ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Series
Resources
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745688039
SKU
V9780745688039
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Bill 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-Giménez, Food First, Institute for Food & Development Policy ... Read more