Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America

by Christopher M. Bacon

Book Overview

Combining interdisciplinary research with case study analysis at scales ranging from the local to the global, Confronting the Coffee Crisis reveals the promise and the perils of efforts to create a more sustainable coffee industry

Our morning cups of coffee connect us to a global industry and an export crisis in the tropics that is destroying livelihoods, undermining the cohesion of families and communities, and threatening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524805
• ISBN13: 9780262524803
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher