FRONT COVER -- GLOBALIZATION AND THE TIME-SPACE REORGANIZATION: CAPITAL MOBILITY IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD IN THE AMERICAS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- SPEEDS OF CAPITAL MOBILITY -- CAPITAL MOBILITY IS A CONSTANT COMPONENT OF THE EXPANSION OF CAPITALISM -- SPACE -- TIME -- TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS -- FORDISM AND THE NATION-STATE-MEDIATED TIME/SPACE RELATION -- THE GLOBAL ERA -- THE CRISIS OF THE STATE OR THE CRISIS OF THE FORDIST NATION STATE -- THE ORGANIZATION OF THE VOLUME -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART I: SPACE AND TIME REORGANIZATION IN SOUTH AMERICA -- CHAPTER 1 WORKERS IN GLOBAL COMMODITY CHAINS: THE ORGANIZATION OF LABOUR IN EXPORT GRAPE PRODUCTION -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 CAPITAL MOBILITY AND NEW WORKSPACES IN FRUIT-PRODUCING REGIONS OF BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 LABOR MOBILITY IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD GLOBALIZATION -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART II: SPACE AND TIME REORGANIZATION IN NORTH AMERICA -- CHAPTER 4 THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF SMALL TOWN ONTARIO: TRANSNATIONAL CAPITAL/LABOUR FLOWS IN A NOT-SO-GLOBALIZED-WORLD -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 FREE TRADE OF COFFEE, EXODUS OF COFFEE WORKERS: THE CASE OF THE SOUTHERN MEXICAN BORDER REGION OF THE STATE OF CHIAPAS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 GLOBAL PRODUCTIVE CAPITAL MOBILITY: THE CASE OF CHILEAN FARMED ATLANTIC SALMON -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 TRADE AND POVERTY: CHANGES IN FARMING AND COMMUNITY IN NAFTA'S FIRST DECADE -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW -- METHODS.

DATA AND SUMMARY STATISTICS -- REGRESSION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- UNCITED REFERENCES -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX. STAPLE CROPS -- CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS: THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE RECONFIGURATION OF TIME AND SPACE -- THE GLOBAL REGULATION AND CONTROL OF CAPITALISM -- THE TWO KEY CONTRADICTIONS -- INTERDEPENDENCE -- COORDINATION AND REGULATION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

Explores capital mobility under globalization by studying some of its salient consequences in agriculture and food in North and South America. This title probes the manner in which capital mobility alters the organization of the temporal and spatial dimensions that characterize the reproduction of capital.

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