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Fair trade and a global commodity : coffee in Costa Rica / Peter Luetchford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luetchford, Peter.
- Series:
- Anthropology, culture, and society.
- Anthropology, culture, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coffee industry--Costa Rica.
- Coffee industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An anthropological account of fair trade farming and the conflicts and contradictions of the movement.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ACRONYMS AND PROPER NAMES
- GLOSSARY OF SPANISH TERMS
- INTRODUCTION APPROACHING FAIR TRADE: COFFEE IN COSTA RICA
- 1 CREATING COOPERATIVES: THE WELFARE STATE, COFFEE AND FAIR TRADE IN COSTA RICA
- 2 SOWING PROGRESS AND CONTESTING DEVELOPMENT IN THE TILARÁN HIGHLANDS
- 3 FARMING FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: ' PLAYING' AND ' JUGGLING' IN THE MARKET
- 4 LANDOWNERS AND LABOURERS: UNCERTAINTIES, STRATEGIES AND TENSIONS IN THE LABOUR PROCESS
- 5 WORKING NATURE, WORKING THE MARKET: SUSTAINABILITY AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
- 6 ENVISIONING AUTARKY: THE FAMILY AND THE FARM
- 7 CIVIL SOCIETY: LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE LIMITS OF GOVERNMENT
- 8 CREATING AND CONTESTING VALUE: THE EARTH, LABOUR AND EXCHANGE
- 9 CONCLUSION: FAIR TRADE AND MORAL ECONOMIES
- TABLES
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-219 )and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783713684
- 1783713682
- 9781849643726
- 1849643725
- OCLC:
- 923332712
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