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Murton, James; Bavington, Dean; Dokis, Carly - Subsistence Under Capitalism - 9780773547001 - V9780773547001
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Subsistence Under Capitalism

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Description for Subsistence Under Capitalism Paperback. An understanding of subsistence is crucial to comprehending and challenging the human relationship to nature under capitalism. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
The complex relationship between subsistence practices and formal markets should be a growing matter of concern for those uneasy with the stark contrast between commercial and local food systems, especially since self-provisioning has never been limited to the margins. In fact, subsistence occupies a central space in local and global economies and networks. Bringing together essays from diverse disciplines to reflect on the meaning of subsistence in theory and in practice, in historical and contemporary contexts, in Canada and beyond, Subsistence under Capitalism is a collective study of the ways in which local food systems have been relegated to the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773547001
SKU
V9780773547001
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About Murton, James; Bavington, Dean; Dokis, Carly
James Murton is chair and associate professor of history at Nipissing University. Dean Bavington is associate professor of geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Carly Dokis is assistant professor of anthropology at Nipissing University.

Reviews for Subsistence Under Capitalism
"Subsistence under Capitalism presents an extremely useful, timely, and integrated challenge to dominant economic thought and to the different, and largely ingrained, dichotomies that surround subsistence and market activities. As a collection, this book fills a critical gap in the literature of a still emerging field of scholarly research." - Lenore Newman, University of the Fraser Valley

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