The Struggle for Maize : Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside
Elizabeth. Fitting
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | North Carolina : : Duke University Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (321 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Struggle for Mexican Maize; Part 1: Debates; Chapter 1 - Transgenic Maize and Its Experts; Chapter 2 - Corn and the Hybrid Nation; Part II: Livelihoods; Chapter 3 - Community and Conflict; Chapter 4 - Remaking the Countryside; Chapter 5 - From Campesinos to Migrant and Maquila Workers?; Conclusion; Appendix: Producer Interviews, 2001-2002; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. - Argues that maize biodiversity in central and southern Mexico is threatened as much by rural out-migration as by the flow of genes from genetically modified to local corn varieties.
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| ISBN | 9780822349389. - 9780822349563
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