Geographies of commodity chains /
Geographies of commodity chains /
[edited by] Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer.
- New York : Routledge, c2004.
- p. cm.
- Routledge studies in human geography ; 10 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : geographies of commodity chains / Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer -- From farm to supermarket : the trade in fresh horticultural produce from Sub-Saharan Africa to the UK / Hazel R. Barrett, Angela W. Browne, and Brian Wilbery -- Are hogs like chickens? : enclosure and mechanization in two'white meat' fileres / Michael J. Watts -- Spilling the beans on a tough nut : liberalisation and local supply system changes in Ghana's cocoa and shea chains / Niels Fold -- New geographies of agro-food production : an analysis of UK quality assurance schemes / Carol Morris and Craig Young -- Culinary networks and cultural connections : a conventions perspective / Jon Murdoch and Mara Miele -- Initiating the commodity chain : South Asian women and fashion in the diaspora / Parvati Raghuram -- Geographical knowledges in the ecuadorian flower industry / Justine Coulson -- Citrus, apartheid, and the struggle to (re)present outspan oranges / Charles Mather and Petrina Rowcroft -- Tropics of consumption : getting with the fetish of'exotic' fruit? / Ian Cook, Philip Crang, and Mark Thorpe -- Unravelling fashion's commodity chains / Louise Crewe -- Accounting for ethical trade : global commodity networks and the audit economy / Alex Hughes -- The'organic commodity' and other anomalies in the politics of consumption / Julie Guthman -- Knowledge, ethics and power in the home furnishings commodity chain / Suzanne Reimer and Deborah Leslie.
0415339103 (Hardback : alk. paper)
Commercial products.
Commercial geography.
Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Produce trade--Environmental aspects.
Physical distribution of goods.
Production (Economic theory)
HF1040.7 / .G46 2004
306.3/4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : geographies of commodity chains / Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer -- From farm to supermarket : the trade in fresh horticultural produce from Sub-Saharan Africa to the UK / Hazel R. Barrett, Angela W. Browne, and Brian Wilbery -- Are hogs like chickens? : enclosure and mechanization in two'white meat' fileres / Michael J. Watts -- Spilling the beans on a tough nut : liberalisation and local supply system changes in Ghana's cocoa and shea chains / Niels Fold -- New geographies of agro-food production : an analysis of UK quality assurance schemes / Carol Morris and Craig Young -- Culinary networks and cultural connections : a conventions perspective / Jon Murdoch and Mara Miele -- Initiating the commodity chain : South Asian women and fashion in the diaspora / Parvati Raghuram -- Geographical knowledges in the ecuadorian flower industry / Justine Coulson -- Citrus, apartheid, and the struggle to (re)present outspan oranges / Charles Mather and Petrina Rowcroft -- Tropics of consumption : getting with the fetish of'exotic' fruit? / Ian Cook, Philip Crang, and Mark Thorpe -- Unravelling fashion's commodity chains / Louise Crewe -- Accounting for ethical trade : global commodity networks and the audit economy / Alex Hughes -- The'organic commodity' and other anomalies in the politics of consumption / Julie Guthman -- Knowledge, ethics and power in the home furnishings commodity chain / Suzanne Reimer and Deborah Leslie.
0415339103 (Hardback : alk. paper)
Commercial products.
Commercial geography.
Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Produce trade--Environmental aspects.
Physical distribution of goods.
Production (Economic theory)
HF1040.7 / .G46 2004
306.3/4