The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets /
Newman, Kara.
The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets / Kara Newman. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2013. - x, 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-182) and index.
How does commodities trading work? -- The spice route -- The commodity that built a nation: corn futures -- Great grains -- Butter and egg men -- The mochaccino market: coffee, sugar, and cocoa -- Cattle call -- This little piggy made a market: the rise and fall of pork bellies -- When money grows on trees: produce futures -- Super soybeans -- The future of food futures? Contracts to consider.
9780231156707 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231527347 (e-book)
Commodity exchanges--History.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History.
Food--History.
Bolsas de futuros--Historia.
Lonjas de comercio.
Agricultura--Aspectos económicos.
20151200
HG 6046 / N553s 2013
332.64/41
The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets / Kara Newman. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2013. - x, 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-182) and index.
How does commodities trading work? -- The spice route -- The commodity that built a nation: corn futures -- Great grains -- Butter and egg men -- The mochaccino market: coffee, sugar, and cocoa -- Cattle call -- This little piggy made a market: the rise and fall of pork bellies -- When money grows on trees: produce futures -- Super soybeans -- The future of food futures? Contracts to consider.
9780231156707 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231527347 (e-book)
Commodity exchanges--History.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--History.
Food--History.
Bolsas de futuros--Historia.
Lonjas de comercio.
Agricultura--Aspectos económicos.
20151200
HG 6046 / N553s 2013
332.64/41