Broccoli and Desire: Global Connections and Maya Struggles in Postwar Guatemala

by Edward F. Fischer, Peter Benson, Peter Benson

Book Overview

This book takes a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, connecting American consumers concerned about their health and diet with Maya farmers concerned about holding onto their land and making a living.

Compelling life stories and rich descriptions from ethnographic fieldwork among supermarket shoppers in Nashville, Tennessee and Maya farmers in highland Guatemala bring the commodity chain of this seemingly mundane product to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804754845
• ISBN13: 9780804754842
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"