{"product_id":"hanging-by-a-thread-william-g-moseley-9780896802605","title":"Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa Volume 9","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world's major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the global market, and debates about the pros and cons of this trend have intensified. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eHanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the connections between Africa and the global economy. The editors offer a compelling set of linked studies that detail one aspect of the globalization process in Africa, the cotton commodity chain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From global policy debates, to impacts on the natural environment, to the economic and social implications of this process, \u003ci\u003eHanging by a Thread\u003c\/i\u003e explores cotton production in the postcolonial period from different disciplinary perspectives and in a range of national contexts. This approach makes the globalization process palpable by detailing how changes at the macroeconomic level play out on the ground in the world's poorest region. \u003ci\u003eHanging by a Thread\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insights on the region in a global context and provides a critical perspective on current and future development policy for Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: Thomas J. Bassett, Jim Bingen, Duncan Boughton, Brian M. Dowd, Marnus Gouse, Leslie C. Gray, Dolores Koenig, Scott M. Lacy, William G. Moseley, Colin Poulton, Bhavani Shankar, Corinne Siaens, Colin Thirtle, David Tschirley, and Quentin Wodon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William G. Moseley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0896802604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780896802605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2008 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 134","brand":"William G. Moseley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063482872063,"sku":"9780896802605","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59121bc2-3e68-4157-a7dd-5c15ae0e7bdd.jpg?v=1685389819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hanging-by-a-thread-william-g-moseley-9780896802605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}