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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455355303321

Autore

Kneen Brewster

Titolo

Invisible giant [[electronic resource] ] : Cargill and its transnational strategies / / Brewster Kneen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, c2002

ISBN

1-78371-543-X

1-84964-171-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

338.8/873/0973

Soggetti

Grain trade - United States - History

Agricultural industries - United States - History

Food industry and trade - United States - History

International business enterprises - United States - History

Grain trade - History

Agricultural industries - History

Food industry and trade - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mutant giants -- Cargill, Inc. : the numbers -- Origins, organization and ownership -- Policy advocacy and capitalist subsidies -- Creatures : feeding and processing -- Cotton, peanuts & malting -- Processing : oilseeds, soybeans, corn & wheat -- Invisible commodities -- E-commerce -- Coming and going : transport and storage --  A typical story : Canada and Mexico -- Fertilizer -- The West Coast -- Rivers of soy : South America -- Juice -- The 'Far East' -- Seeds -- Salt -- Only Cargill's Future?