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The secret financial life of food : from commodities markets to supermarkets / Kara Newman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: pcc Series: Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary historyPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2013.Description: x, 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780231156707 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780231527347 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.64/41
LOC classification:
  • HG 6046 N553s 2013
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HG 6046 N553s 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000114130

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.

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