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1 online resource (349 pages). |
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text file |
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New ecologies for the twenty-first century
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New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Creating a New Rationality of Agriculture in a Postindustrial World -- Part I: Toward a New Rationality of Agriculture -- The New Paysan Movements: French Industrialized Agriculture and the Rise of the Postindustrial Paysan -- The Confédération Paysanne: Philosophy, Structure, and Constituency -- Part II: The Confédération Paysanne's Early Anti-GMO Campaign, from Risk to Globalization -- Union Activism and Programs: Early Campaigns and Paysan Agriculture -- We Have Always Been Modern: Toward a Progressive Anti-GMO Campaign -- The Trial of the GMOS: Deploying Discourses from Risk to Globalization -- Part III: How France Grew Its Own Alter-globalization Movement -- Caravans, GMOS, and McDo: The Campaign Continues -- Operation Roquefort, Part I: Traveling to Washington, D.C. -- Operation Roquefort, Part II: The Battle of Seattle -- Postindustrial Paysans in a Post-Seattle World: New Movements, New Possibilities -- Conclusion: French Lessons; What's to Be Learned? |
| Summary |
Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2019. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2019. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Agriculture and state -- France.
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Agriculture and state. |
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France. |
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Farmers -- Political activity -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Farmers -- Political activity. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Genetically modified foods -- Political aspects -- France.
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Sustainable agriculture -- France.
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Anti-globalization movement -- France.
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Anti-globalization movement. |
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Genetically modified foods -- Political aspects. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness. |
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Genetically modified foods. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture. |
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Sustainable agriculture. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Food, farms and solidarity |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Heller, Chaia. Food, Farms, and Solidarity : French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops. Durham : Duke University Press, ©2012 9780822351184 |
| ISBN |
9780822394808 |
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0822394804 |
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9780822351276 |
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0822351277 |
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9780822351184 |
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0822351188 |
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9781283925051 |
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1283925052 |
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