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Farmers of the Golden Bean

Costa Rican Households in the Global Coffee Economy

by (author) Deborah Sick

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2007
Category
Cultural, Regional Studies, Caribbean & Latin American Studies
Recommended Age
18
Recommended Grade
12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780875806174
    Publish Date
    Dec 2007
    List Price
    $35.95

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Description

Sick explores contemporary issues of gender, empowerment, access to resources, and fair trade as she examines how Costa Rican coffee-producing households cope with the complexities of a globalizing world economy. Using a commodity approach, she integrates household, regional, and global processes. Farmers of the Golden Bean challenges previous assumptions about the nature of economic change and the sustainability of household producers in the global economy.

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Contributor Notes

Deborah Sick received her Ph.D. from McGill University. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa.