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Deborah Barndt - Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail - 9780742555570 - V9780742555570
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Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail

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Description for Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
Where does our food come from? Whose hands have planted, cultivated, picked, packed, processed, transported, scanned, sold, sliced, and cooked it? What production practices have transformed it from seed to fruit, from fresh to processed form? Who decides what is grown and how? What are the effects of those decisions on our health and the health of the planet? Tangled Routes tackles these fascinating questions and demystifies globalization by tracing the long journey of a corporate tomato from a Mexican field to a Canadian fast-food restaurant. Through an interdisciplinary lens, Deborah Barndt examines the dynamic relationships between production ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
747g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742555570
SKU
V9780742555570
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Deborah Barndt
Deborah Barndt is professor of environmental studies at York University in Toronto. A photographer and activist, she has worked with social justice movements in Canada, the United States, and Central America for over forty years.

Reviews for Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail
Barndt provides a rare synthesis of academic scholarship with an eminently accessible presentation of a social activist. Her writing style and liberal use of photographs are unusual in an academic work, yet Barndt's scholarly credentials are strong. Highly recommended.
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Tangled Routes has much to offer a feminist classroom. The flexibility of Barndt’s chosen methodology allows her to ... Read more

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