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9781843761891

Exploring the Tomato : Transformations of Nature, Society and Economy

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  • ISBN13:

    9781843761891

  • ISBN10:

    1843761890

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-02-01
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
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Author Biography

Huw Beynon is Director of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Cardiff, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
List of Diagrams ix
Acknowledgements x
1 The Human Tomato
1(24)
PART I FROM DOMESTICATION TO GENETIC MODIFICATION
2 From Nature into Culture and Economy
25(19)
3 Broken Glass
44(23)
4 The Round European Tomato
67(35)
5 The Fabrication of Nature
102(28)
6 The Rise and Fall of the Genetically Modified Tomato
130(27)
PART II TWENTIETH-CENTURY TOMATO CONFIGURATIONS
7 Tomato: A Pioneer of Mass Production
157(17)
8 The Battle of Tomato Identities: the rise of supermarket own-label
174(27)
9 Growing New Routes
201(27)
10 Supermarket Tomato
228(25)
11 Tomato Variations or Plus C'est la MOme Chose, Plus Va Change
253(22)
Bibliography 275(14)
Appendix: List of Interviews 289(6)
Index 295

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