03214nam 2200613Ia 450 991078060200332120230721024154.00-89680-461-5(CKB)2440000000014659(EBL)1757113(OCoLC)885123721(SSID)ssj0000484873(PQKBManifestationID)11344120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484873(PQKBWorkID)10594715(PQKB)10331222(MiAaPQ)EBC1757113(Au-PeEL)EBL1757113(CaPaEBR)ebr10276642(EXLCZ)99244000000001465920071127d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHanging by a thread[electronic resource] cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa /edited by William G. Moseley and Leslie C. GrayAthens, Ohio Ohio University Press ;Uppsala Nordic Africa Institutec20081 online resource (310 p.)Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ;no. 9Description based upon print version of record.0-89680-260-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Global Cotton, Local Crises; 1: Producing Poverty; 2: Cotton Production in Burkina Faso; 3: Mali's Cotton Conundrum; 4: The Decline of Bt Cotton in KwaZulu-Natal; Part II: Organizing Cotton; 5: The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reformin East and Southern Africa; 6: Cotton Production, Poverty,and Inequality in Rural Benin; 7: Rural Development Is MoreThan Commodity Production; 8: Cotton Casualties and Cooperatives; Part III: Alternate Futures; 9: Genetically Engineered Cotton; 10: Organic Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa; ConclusionIndexThe 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 gloResearch in international studies.Global and comparative studies series ;no. 9.Cotton, globalization, and poverty in AfricaCotton tradeAfricaCottonEconomic aspectsAfricaPovertyAfricaCotton tradeCottonEconomic aspectsPoverty338.1/7351096Moseley William G1146965Gray Leslie1500685MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780602003321Hanging by a thread3727479UNINA