Geographies of commodity chains
By: [edited by] Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer.
Contributors: Hughes, Alex; Reimer, Suzanne.
Series: Routledge studies in human geography ;; 10
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Commercial products.; Commercial geography.; Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Produce trade -- Environmental aspects.; Physical distribution of goods.; Production (Economic theory)
Description: "Geographies of Commodity Chains brings together a wide variety of contributions to examine critically the spaces through which consumers are connected to producers. Case studies are drawn from a broad range of commodities including fruit, clothing and furniture, and span geographical areas from Europe, to America and Africa. Not only do these examples seek to transcend older understandings of production and consumption, but also they explicitly tap into wider public debate about the meanings, origins and biographies of commodities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : geographies of commodity chains / Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer; title: 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; title: Are hogs like chickens? : enclosure and mechanization in two 'white meat' fileres / Michael J. Watts; title: Spilling the beans on a tough nut : liberalisation and local supply system changes in Ghana's cocoa and shea chains / Niels Fold; title: New geographies of agro-food production : an analysis of UK quality assurance schemes / Carol Morris and Craig Young; title: Culinary networks and cultural connections : a conventions perspective / Jon Murdoch and Mara Miele; title: Initiating the commodity chain : South Asian women and fashion in the diaspora / Parvati Raghuram; title: Geographical knowledges in the ecuadorian flower industry / Justine Coulson; title: Citrus, apartheid, and the struggle to (re)present outspan oranges / Charles Mather and Petrina Rowcroft; title: Tropics of consumption : getting with the fetish of 'exotic' fruit? / Ian Cook, Philip Crang, and Mark Thorpe; title: Unravelling fashion's commodity chains / Louise Crewe; title: Accounting for ethical trade : global commodity networks and the audit economy / Alex Hughes; title: The 'organic commodity' and other anomalies in the politics of consumption / Julie Guthman; title: Knowledge, ethics and power in the home furnishings commodity chain / Suzanne Reimer and Deborah Leslie.