{"product_id":"fields-of-gold-madeleine-fairbairn-9781501750076","title":"Fields of Gold: Financing the Global Land Rush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFields of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. \u003c\/b\u003eIn particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in two of the most popular investment locations, the US and Brazil, looking at the implications of financiers' acquisition of land and control over resources for rural livelihoods and economic justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of \u003ci\u003eFields of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e is a tension between efforts to transform farmland into a new financial asset class, and land's physical and social properties, which frequently obstruct that transformation. But what makes the book unique among the growing body of work on the global land grab is Fairbairn's interest in those acquiring land, rather than those affected by land acquisitions. Fairbairn's work sheds ethnographic light on the actors and relationships--from Iowa to Manhattan to São Paulo--that have helped to turn land into an attractive financial asset class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to generous funding from UC Santa Cruz, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu\/cornell-open) and other repositories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madeleine Fairbairn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501750070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501750076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Madeleine Fairbairn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48622923022591,"sku":"9781501750076","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fields-of-gold-madeleine-fairbairn-9781501750076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}