عنوان

The secret financial life of food :

شابک

0231156707 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک

0231527349 (e-book)

شابک

9780231156707 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک

9780231527347 (e-book)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

The secret financial life of food :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

from commodities markets to supermarkets /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Kara Newman.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Columbia University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2013.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 194 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

22 cm.

عنوان فروست

Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index.

متن يادداشت

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.

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

One morning while reading Barron's, Kara Newman took note of a casual bit of advice offered by famed commodities trader Jim Rogers. "Buy breakfast," he told investors, referring to the increasing value of pork belly and frozen orange juice futures. The statement inspired Newman to take a closer look at agricultural commodities, from the iconic pork belly to the obscure peppercorn and nutmeg. The results of her investigation, recorded in this fascinating history, show how contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange can read like a menu and how market behavior can dictate global economic and culinary practice. The Secret Financial Life of Food reveals the economic pathways that connect food to consumer, unlocking the mysteries behind culinary trends, grocery pricing, and restaurant dining. Newman travels back to the markets of ancient Rome and medieval Europe, where vendors first distinguished between "spot sales" and "sales for delivery." She retraces the storied spice routes of Asia and recounts the spice craze that prompted Christopher Columbus's journey to North America, linking these developments to modern-day India's bustling peppercorn market. Newman centers her history on the transformation of corn into a ubiquitous commodity and uses oats, wheat, and rye to recast America's westward expansion and the Industrial Revolution. She discusses the effects of such mega-corporations as Starbucks and McDonalds on futures markets and considers burgeoning markets, particularly "super soybeans," which could scramble the landscape of food finance. The ingredients of American power and culture, and the making of the modern world, can be found in the history of food commodities exchange, and Newman connects this unconventional story to the how and why of what we eat.

موضوع مستند نشده

Agriculture-- Economic aspects-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Commodity exchanges-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Food-- History.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Newman, Kara.

تاريخ عمليات

20140819043756.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y