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"Feeding Mexico: The Political Uses of Food since 1910 traces the Mexican government's intervention in the regulation, production, and distribution of food from the days of Cardenas to the recent privatization inspired by NAFTA. Professor Ochoa argues that the real goals of the government's food subsidies were political, driven by presidential desires to court urban labor.". "Feeding Mexico is the first study to examine the creation of networks to deliver food products to the people, the relationship of these channels of distribution to the food crisis, and the role of the state in trying to…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2000SR Books · 267 pages · 9780842028134
- Hardcover · English · 2000SR Books · 267 pages · 9780842028127
- Other · English · 2001Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated · 9781299849983
Food supply, government policyNutrition policyMexico, politics and governmentAgriculture and state, mexicoAgriculture and stateGovernment policyFood supplyHistory