{"product_id":"9781781682326","title":"Land Grabbing: Journeys In The New Colonialism","description":"To the governments and corporations buying up vast tracts of the Third World, it is ‘land leasing’; to its critics, it is nothing better than ‘land grabbing’ – the engine powering a new era of colonialism. In this arresting account of how millions of hectares of fertile soil are\u003cbr\u003e stolen to feed wealthy westerners thousands of miles away, journalist Stefano Liberti takes readers on a tour of contemporary exploitation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a journey encompassing a Dutch-owned model farm in Ethiopia; a conference in Riyadh, where representatives of Third World governments compete to attract Saudi investors; meetings in Rome where the fate of nations is decided; and the headquarters of the Movement of\u003cbr\u003e Landless Workers in São Paulo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since the food crisis of 2007–8, when the cost of staples such as rice and corn went through the roof, the race to acquire land in the southern hemisphere has become more intense than ever. \u003ci\u003eLand Grabbing \u003c\/i\u003eis the shocking story of how one half of the world is starved to feed the other.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114772611312,"sku":"9781781682326","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781682326_p0.jpg?v=1763718041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781682326","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}