Land grabbing : journeys in the new colonialism /

"To the governments and corporations that are currently buying up vast tracts of the Third World, it is called "land leasing." To its critics this new era of colonization is nothing more than "land grabbing." In this arresting account of how millions of hectares of fertile s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Liberti, Stefano (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the Italian.
Published:	London ; New York : Verso, 2013.
Subjects:	Land tenure > History > 21st century. Land use, Rural > History > 21st century. Food supply > History > 21st century. Agriculture > Economic aspects > History > 21st century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
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Table of Contents:

Ethiopia : an Eldorado for investors
Saudi Arabia : sheikhs on a land quest
Geneva : the financiers of arable land
Chicago : the hunger market
Brazil : the reign of agribusiness
Tanzania : the frontier of biofuels
Appendix I. Updates on the Web.