LEADER 05066nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910825285003321 005 20230607222825.0 010 $a1-78371-543-X 010 $a1-84964-171-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000802537 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933464 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421099 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12172128 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421099 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10411980 035 $a(PQKB)10653618 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000518621 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12179558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000518621 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10508958 035 $a(PQKB)11151511 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386154 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386154 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479626 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987746 035 $a(OCoLC)847247087 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000802537 100 $a20020329d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInvisible giant $eCargill and its transnational strategies /$fBrewster Kneen 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-1958-0 311 $a0-7453-1959-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMutant 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? 330 $b'Kneen has published a detailed study of of the gargantuan Cargill corporation ... This is a book for activists. Kneen has crawled into the belly of the beast, as it were, and (in very readable prose) had described what he saw there ... Kneen's Invisible Giant details the ethos, priorities, strategies and goals of transnational corporations as seen in a single paradigmatic example ... His work is the more amazing given Cargill's general secrecy. People who are concerned about the influence of corporations on civic institutions, on economic security, on the well-being of the environment, and who are interested in working to change that influence could hardly find a better primer on corporate thinking and conduct than this book' The Boycott Quarterly (US)Transnational corporations straddle the globe, largely unseen by the public. Cargill, with its headquarters in the US, is the largest private corporation in North America, and possibly in the world. Cargill trades in food commodities and produces a great many of them: grains, flour, malt, corn, cotton, salt, vegetable oils, fruit juices, animal feeds, and meat. Among its most profitable activities is its trade in the global financial markets. There are few national economies unaffected by Cargill's activities, and few eaters in the north whose food does not pass through Cargill's hands at some point. Yet Cargill remains largely invisible to most people and accountable to no one outside the company.This is the second edition of an explosive book that breaks the silence on the true extent of Cargill's power and influence worldwide -- its ability to shape national policies, and the implications of these strategies for all of us. Thoroughly revised and updated, Kneen's new book offers shocking new evidence of Cargill's activities since the book was first published in 1995. He examines how it has succeeded in eliminating competition by undertaking joint ventures with virtually all of its supposed competitors. He shows how this massive corporation continues to acquire and divest, extending its grip even further in what amounts to almost total control of the global food system. 606 $aGrain trade$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAgricultural industries$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFood industry and trade$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aInternational business enterprises$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aGrain trade$xHistory 606 $aAgricultural industries$xHistory 606 $aFood industry and trade$xHistory 615 0$aGrain trade$xHistory. 615 0$aAgricultural industries$xHistory. 615 0$aFood industry and trade$xHistory. 615 0$aInternational business enterprises$xHistory. 615 0$aGrain trade$xHistory. 615 0$aAgricultural industries$xHistory. 615 0$aFood industry and trade$xHistory. 676 $a338.8/873/0973 700 $aKneen$b Brewster$01694587 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825285003321 996 $aInvisible giant$94073245 997 $aUNINA