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Author:

Kneen, Brewster.

Title:

Invisible giant : Cargill and its transnational strategies / Brewster Kneen.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Pluto Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

x, 222 p. : maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Cargill, Inc.--History.
Grain trade--United States--History.
Agricultural industries--United States--History.
Food industry and trade--United States--History.
International business enterprises--United States--History.
Grain trade--History
Agricultural industries--History.
Food industry and trade--History

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207) and index.

Contents:

Mutant giants -- Cargill, Inc. : the numbers -- Origins, organization and ownership -- Policy advocacy and capitalist subsidies -- Creatures : feeding and processing -- Cotton, peanuts and malting -- Processing : oilseeds, soybeans, corn and wheat -- Invisible commodities -- E-commerce -- Coming and going : transport and storage -- Typical stories : Canada and Mexico -- Fertilizer -- The West Coast -- Rivers of soy : South America -- Juice -- The 'Far East' -- Seeds -- Salt -- Only Cargill's Future?

ISBN:

9780745319582 (pbk.)
0745319580 (pbk.)
9780745319599 (hbk)
0745319599 (hbk)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49518925

LCCN:

2002005038

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)