| Description |
1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge studies in human geography ; 10
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Routledge studies in human geography ; 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer -- From farm to supermarket : the trade in fresh horticultural produce from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United Kingdom / Hazel R. Barrett, Angela W. Browne, and Brian W. Ilbery -- Are hogs like chickens? : enclosure and mechanization in two 'white meat' filières / Michael J. Watts -- Spilling the beans on a tough nut : liberalization and local supply system changes in Ghana's cocoa and shea chains / Niels Fold -- New geographies of agro-food chains : an analysis of UK quality assurance schemes / Carol Morris and Craig Young -- Culinary networks and cultural connections : a conventions perspective / Jon Murdoch and Mara Miele -- Initiating the commodity chain : South Asian women and fashion in the diaspora / Parvati Raghuram -- Geographical knowledges in the Ecuadorian flower industry / Justine Coulson -- Citrus, apartheid, and the struggle to (re)present outspan oranges / Charles Mather and Petrina Rowcroft -- Tropics of consumption : 'getting with the fetish' of 'exotic' fruit? / Ian Cook, Philip Crang, and Mark Thorpe -- Unravelling fashion's commodity chains / Louise Crewe -- Accounting for ethical trade : global commodity networks, virtualism and the audit economy / Alex Hughes -- The 'organic commodity' and other anomalies in the politics of consumption / Julie Guthman -- Knowledge, ethics and power in the home furnishings commodity chain / Suzanne Reimer and Deborah Leslie. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Commercial products.
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Commercial products. |
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Commercial geography.
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Commercial geography. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Produce trade -- Environmental aspects.
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Produce trade -- Environmental aspects. |
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Produce trade. |
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Physical distribution of goods.
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Physical distribution of goods. |
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Production (Economic theory)
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Production (Economic theory) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Alex (Alex Louise)
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Reimer, Suzanne.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Geographies of commodity chains. London ; New York : Routledge, ©2004 0415339103 (DLC) 2003024890 (OCoLC)53443067 |
| ISBN |
0203448693 (electronic book) |
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9780203448694 (electronic book) |
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