Tangled Routes Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail

Name: Tangled Routes Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail
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ISBN: 9780847699490

ISBN-10: 0847699498

ISBN-13: 9780847699490

Edition: 2002

Authors: Deborah Barndt

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This study follows a corporate tomato from a Mexican field through the US to a Canadian table, examining the relationship between production and consumption, work and technology, health and environment, bio-diversity and cultural diversity.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Deborah Barndt is Associate Dean of Environmental Studies at York University. She is a popular educator and photographer and for over 25 years has worked with social justice movements in Canada, the U.S., and Central America. Her photographs have been published and exhibited widely



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Roots and Routes



Across Space and through Time: Tomatl Meets the Corporate Tomato



Frames and Filters: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches



Arch Deluxe with a Smile: Women Never Stop at McDonald's



You Can Count on Us: Scanning Cashiers at Loblaws Supermakets



On the Move for Food: Truckers and Transnational Migrants



Picking and Packing for the North: Agricultural Workers at Empaque Santa Rosa



Crossing Sectors and Borders: Weaving a Holistic Analysis



Cracks in the Corporate Tomato: Signs of Hope


Epilogue


Index


About the Author