Hanging by a Thread - 9780896802605
Un libro in lingua di Moseley William G. (EDT) Gray Leslie C. (EDT) edito da Ohio Univ Pr, 2008
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The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world’s major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the global market, and debates about the pros and cons of this trend have intensified.
Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa illuminates the connections between Africa and the global economy. The editors offer a compelling set of linked studies that detail one aspect of the globalization process in Africa, the cotton commodity chain.
From global policy debates, to impacts on the natural environment, to the economic and social implications of this process, Hanging by a Thread explores cotton production in the postcolonial period from different disciplinary perspectives and in a range of national contexts. This approach makes the globalization process palpable by detailing how changes at the macroeconomic level play out on the ground in the world’s poorest region. Hanging by a Thread offers new insights on the region in a global context and provides a critical perspective on current and future development policy for Africa.
Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa illuminates the connections between Africa and the global economy. The editors offer a compelling set of linked studies that detail one aspect of the globalization process in Africa, the cotton commodity chain.
From global policy debates, to impacts on the natural environment, to the economic and social implications of this process, Hanging by a Thread explores cotton production in the postcolonial period from different disciplinary perspectives and in a range of national contexts. This approach makes the globalization process palpable by detailing how changes at the macroeconomic level play out on the ground in the world’s poorest region. Hanging by a Thread offers new insights on the region in a global context and provides a critical perspective on current and future development policy for Africa.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Hanging by a Thread
- Sottotitolo: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Moseley William G. (EDT) Gray Leslie C. (EDT)
- Editore: Ohio Univ Pr
- Collana: Ohio Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Maggio '08
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Cotton trade Africa Cotton Economic aspects Africa Poverty Africa
- Pagine: 297
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 139 x 12
- ISBN-10: 0896802604
- EAN-13: 9780896802605