{"product_id":"land-grabbing-isbn-9781781681176","title":"Land Grabbing","description":"To the governments and corporations buying up vast tracts of the Third World, it is ‘land leasing’; to its critics, it is nothing better than ‘land grabbing’ – the engine powering a new era of colonialism. In this arresting account of how millions of hectares of fertile soil are\u003cbr\u003e stolen to feed wealthy westerners thousands of miles away, journalist Stefano Liberti takes readers on a tour of contemporary exploitation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a journey encompassing a Dutch-owned model farm in Ethiopia; a conference in Riyadh, where representatives of Third World governments compete to attract Saudi investors; meetings in Rome where the fate of nations is decided; and the headquarters of the Movement of\u003cbr\u003e Landless Workers in São Paulo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since the food crisis of 2007–8, when the cost of staples such as rice and corn went through the roof, the race to acquire land in the southern hemisphere has become more intense than ever. \u003ci\u003eLand Grabbing \u003c\/i\u003eis the shocking story of how one half of the world is starved to feed the other.‘One of the most thoughtful analyses of agrarian capitalism is also one of the twenty-first century’s most gripping travelogues. Liberti’s precise, occasionally wicked, sketches aren’t merely enjoyable for their own sake. They’re a reminder that both the commission of and the struggle against the global food crisis involves real people’. \u003cbr\u003eRaj Patel, author of \u003ci\u003eStuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Exemplary reportage . . . accurate, engaged, honest’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Corriere de la Sera\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Liberti writes with the curiosity and passion of the great journalists of the past’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Internazionale\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA sud di Lampedusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exemplary reportage ... accurate, engaged, honest.\"—\u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Liberti writes with the curiosity and passion of the great journalists of the past.\"—\u003ci\u003eInternazionale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefano Liberti\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist at the foreign desk of the Italian daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eil manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of two books: \u003ci\u003eLo stivale meticcio\u003c\/i\u003e, a short critical guide documenting the condition of contemporary foreign immigrants in Italy, and \u003ci\u003eA sud di Lampedusa\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking exploration of the routes of Sub-Saharan African migrations to Western Europe. He is the winner of the 2008 Luchetta Prize, 2010 Carletti Prize, and 2010 Indro Montanelli Prize for his writing.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302344806629,"sku":"NP9781781681176","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781781681176.jpg?v=1767731098","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/land-grabbing-isbn-9781781681176","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}