| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theoretical and Methodological Grounds for the Analysis; 2. Material and Historical Grounds for the Analysis; 3. The Coffee Commodity Chain under u.s. Hegemony, 1945-1972; 4. Struggles over Regulation of the Chain, 1973-1989; 5. Globalization and Coffee Crises, 1990-?; 6. The Struggle for Control of the Instant Coffee Commodity Chain; 7. Outcomes of the Struggles: Where Does Your Coffee Dollar Go?; 8. Solutions? Specialty, Organic, and Fair-Trade Coffees |
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Conclusion: Toward a Reregulated MarketBibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend-globalization-which has greatly affected growers and distributors. This book analyzes changes in the structure of the coffee commodity chain over the period since World War II. It follows the typical consumer dollar spent on coffee in the developed world and shows how this dollar is divided up among the coffee growers, processors, states, and transnational corporations involved in the chain. By tracing how this division of the coffee dollar has changed over time, it demonstrates that the poli |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Coffee industry.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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Coffee industry
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Kaffeewelthandel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004011297 |
| ISBN |
9781461637127 |
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1461637120 |
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