Corn and Capitalism: The Story of a Hybrid Plant That Achieved Global Dominance

Author: Arturo Valman
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book chronicles the history of a highly significant cash crop—corn—and captures its evolution from a poor person's food to an important commodity in modern society. The author examines broad social and economic processes, compares the role of corn in different countries, and also scrutinizes the perpetual inequality between poor and wealthy nations in the global market.