Table of Contents

Introduction: Agrarian and Food Relations in the World Economy Food in World-Historical Perspective Food and Its Relationship to Concepts of Power by Sidney Mintz Food Politics: New Dangers, New Possibilities by Harriet Friedmann Durable Food Production and Consumption in the World-Economy by Susan J. Thompson and J. Tadlock Cowan Agriculture in World-Historical Perspective Historical Transformations in Agrarian Systems Based on Wet-Rice Cultivation: Toward an Alternative Model of Social Change by Ravi Arvinda Palat Fatal Conjuncture: The Decline and Fall of the Modern Agrarian Order during the Bretton Woods Era by Resat Kasaba and Faruk Tabak Contemporary Agro-Food Complexes Canadian Misfortunes and Filipino Fortunes: The Invention of Seaweed Mariculture and the Geographical Reorganization of Seaweed Production by Lanfranco Blanchetti-Revelli Vines and Wines in the World-Economy by Roberto P. Korzeniewicz, Walter Goldfrank, and Miguel E. Korzeniewicz The Regulation of the World Coffee Market: Tropical Commodities and the Limits of Globalization by John M. Talbot On Global Pond: International Development and Commodity Chains in the Shrimp Industry by Mike Skladany and Craig K. Harris Recomposition of Global and Regional Agro-Food Systems Industrial Restructuring and Agrarian Change: The Greening of Singapore by Frances M. Ufkes Gender and Cheap Labor in Agriculture by Jane L. Collins Depeasantization and Agrarian Decline in the Caribbean by Ramon Grosfoguel Free Trade Agreements: Their Impact on Agriculture and the Environment by Robert Schaeffer Selected Bibliography Index

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About the Author

PHILIP McMICHAEL is Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Cornell University. Mr. McMichael is the author of a number of books and articles in this area.