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Product Identifiers

PublisherPluto Press

ISBN-100745319580

ISBN-139780745319582

eBay Product ID (ePID)2318408

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

Publication NameInvisible Giant: Cargill and Its Transnational Strategies

LanguageEnglish

SubjectIndustries / Agribusiness, Industries / Food Industry, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), International / General, Industries / Manufacturing

Publication Year2002

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, Business & Economics

AuthorBrewster Kneen

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-005038

Reviews'If you want to understand both the theory and the reality of modern economics, Kneen's impressively researched book is a fascinating place to start', 'Details the ethos, priorities, strategies and goals of transnational corporations as seen in a single paradigmatic example ... His work is the more amazing given Cargill's general secrecy'

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal338.8/873/0973

Table Of ContentPreface 1. Mutant Giants 2. Cargill Inc - The Numbers 3. Origins, Organisation and Ownership 4. Policy Advocacy and Capitalist Subsidies 5. Creatures: Feeding and Processing 6. Cotton, Peanuts & Malting 7. Processing: Oilseeds, Soybeans, Corn & Wheat 8. Invisible Commodities 9. E-commerce 10. Coming and Going: Transport and Storage 11. A Typical Story- Canada, and Mexico 12. Fertiliser 13. The West Coast 14. Rivers of Soy - South America 15. Juice 16. The 'Far East' 17. Seeds 18. Salt 19. Only Cargill's Future? Periodicals referred to Endnotes Index

SynopsisTransnational corporations straddle the globe, largely unseen by the public. Cargill, with its headquarters in the US, is the largest private corporation in North America, and possibly in the world. Cargill trades in food commodities and produces a great many of them: grains, flour, malt, corn, cotton, salt, vegetable oils, fruit juices, animal feeds, and meat. Among its most profitable activities is its trade in the global financial markets. There are few national economies unaffected by Cargill's activities, and few eaters in the north whose food does not pass through Cargill's hands at some point. Yet Cargill remains largely invisible to most people and accountable to no one outside the company. This is an explosive book that breaks the silence on the true extent of Cargill's power and influence worldwide - its ability to shape national policies, and the implications of these strategies for all of us. Thoroughly revised and updated, Kneen's new book offers shocking new evidence of Cargill's activities since the book was first published., Transnational corporations straddle the globe, largely unseen by the public. Cargill, with its headquarters in the US, is the largest private corporation in North America, and possibly in the world. Cargill trades in food commodities and produces a great many of them: grains, flour, malt, corn, cotton, salt, vegetable oils, fruit juices, animal feeds, and meat. Among its most profitable activities is its trade in the global financial markets. There are few national economies unaffected by Cargill's activities, and few eaters in the north whose food does not pass through Cargill's hands at some point. Yet Cargill remains largely invisible to most people and accountable to no one outside the company. This is the second edition of an explosive book that breaks the silence on the true extent of Cargill's power and influence worldwide -- its ability to shape national policies, and the implications of these strategies for all of us. Thoroughly revised and updated, Kneen's new book offers shocking new evidence of Cargill's activities since the book was first published in 1995. He examines how it has succeeded in eliminating competition by undertaking joint ventures with virtually all of its suppossed competitors. He shows how this massive corporation continues to aquire and divest, extending its grip even further in what amounts to almost total control of the global food system.

LC Classification NumberHD9039.C37K58 2002