Overview
- Focuses on a “trendy” product in Global North markets
- Includes a novel approach to reconstruct obscure global supply chains
- Applies an approach to study the externalization of cost under capitalism in the production of Argentine yerba mate
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies (BRIEFSLAS)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book applies an approach to study the externalization of cost under capitalism in the production of Argentine yerba mate, an infusion with stimulant properties long used by indigenous peoples. Consumption in today’s globalized economy makes it difficult to understand the consequences of our actions across the globe. A political-ecological lens, informed by the work of Robert Sack and Ian Cook, can help guide an analysis that geographically reconstructs supply chains and reveal the realities of consumption. The use of yerba mate has become a cornerstone of Argentine society and identity, and yerba mate processors are working to expand exports globally. In Argentina’s Misiones Province, the heart of yerba mate production, the true costs of production are borne by the children, the impoverished laborers, and the environment of Argentina’s Atlantic Rainforest. These consequences of modernity, along with the efforts of an NGO to remedy them, are presented and assessed.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Gold
Book Subtitle: Contested Meanings and Socio-Environmental Change in Argentine Yerba Mate Cultivation
Authors: Adam S. Dohrenwend
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82011-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82010-7Published: 05 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82011-4Published: 04 October 2021
Series ISSN: 2366-763X
Series E-ISSN: 2366-7648
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 51
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Geography, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Environmental Geography, Food Science, Agriculture