Holt-Gimenez, Eric.

Food rebellions! : crisis and the hunger for justice / Eric Ho lt-Gimâenez and Raj Patel ; with Annie Shattuck. - Cape Town : Oakland, CA : Boston, MA : Pambazuka Press ; Food First Book s ; Grassroots International, 2009. - xi, 260 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-252) and index.

Introduction to the global food crisis -- Hunger, harvests and profi ts: the tragic records of the global food crisis -- Root causes: how th e industrial agrifoods complex ate the global South -- The overproducti on of hunger: Uncle Sam's farm and food bill -- Agrofuels: a bad idea a t the worst possible time -- Summing up the crisis -- Overcoming the cr isis: transforming the food system -- Africa and the end of hunger -- T he challenge of food sovereignty in northern countries.

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