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Broccoli and Desire - Global Connections and Maya Struggles in Postwar Guatemala (Paperback)
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Broccoli and Desire - Global Connections and Maya Struggles in Postwar Guatemala (Paperback)
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"Broccoli and Desire tells the story of globalization from the
ground up, focusing on the lives of ordinary people--the producers
and consumers of a vegetable that many often take for granted. The
authors, perceptive, boots-on-the-ground ethnographers, look beyond
the usual neoliberal models to show how the local is transformed by
global economic forces. Fischer and Benson have produced an
excellent text that will be used for a wide range of
courses."--James L. Watson, Harvard University, Editor of Golden
Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia (Stanford University Press,
1997)
"For once, here is a well-researched book with an arresting title
that actually delivers what it promises: fresh, new,
outside-the-box thinking on a region that has been well studied. In
Broccoli and Desire, Fischer and Benson use the deceptively simple
question, how the Maya want, as a tool to break down globalization
and other political-economy issues. In seeking to show why growing
broccoli for export is both dangerous and compelling for Maya
farmers, the authors have given us a compelling product--a
ground-breaking study that is engagingly written and innovative in
its conception."--Matthew Restall, Pennsylvania State University
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