No free lunch : food & revolution in Cuba today / by Medea Benjamin, Joseph Collins, and Michael Scott.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco, CA : Institute for Food and Development Policy, c1984.Description: xii, 240 pages : black and white illustration, charts ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0935028188
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1/9/7291 19
LOC classification:
  • HD 9014 .C92 B46 1984
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 On the eve of revolution -- Chapter 2 How the poor got more -- Chapter 3 Living on the Libreta -- Chapter 4 Cuba à la Carte -- Chapter 5 The farmers' Market: A dash of capitalism -- Chapter 6 Is rationing socialist? -- Chapter 7 Is there hunger in Cuba? -- Chapter 8 Split peas again? -- Chapter 9 Sugar vs Viandas -- Chapter 10 A shaky balance -- Chapter 11 The Agrarian revolution -- Chapter 12 A superior form of production? -- Chapter 13 Our menu in Havana --
Abstract: "Our purpose in writing this book was to get beyond polemics and to investigate firsthand the food realities in Cuba today. We wanted to study the achievements, problems, and issues raised by Cuba's agricultural and food experience. Observers of virtually every political stripe agree that there have been dramatic changes in the ways good I produced and distributed in Cuba. Many speak of the "Cuban model" of development, some with admiration, others with horror. We believe that the debate about the Cuban revolution's successes and failures --and the lessons to be learned about eradicating hunger and promoting development -- can be more fruitful when grounded in fresh and substantive date and analysis." From the section The Food Window
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karen Lee Wald Collection HD 9014 .C92 B46 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML22040008

Chart on distribution of land: private vs. state

Includes bibliography references (pages 220-228) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 On the eve of revolution -- Chapter 2 How the poor got more -- Chapter 3 Living on the Libreta -- Chapter 4 Cuba à la Carte -- Chapter 5 The farmers' Market: A dash of capitalism -- Chapter 6 Is rationing socialist? -- Chapter 7 Is there hunger in Cuba? -- Chapter 8 Split peas again? -- Chapter 9 Sugar vs Viandas -- Chapter 10 A shaky balance -- Chapter 11 The Agrarian revolution -- Chapter 12 A superior form of production? -- Chapter 13 Our menu in Havana --

"Our purpose in writing this book was to get beyond polemics and to investigate firsthand the food realities in Cuba today. We wanted to study the achievements, problems, and issues raised by Cuba's agricultural and food experience. Observers of virtually every political stripe agree that there have been dramatic changes in the ways good I produced and distributed in Cuba. Many speak of the "Cuban model" of development, some with admiration, others with horror. We believe that the debate about the Cuban revolution's successes and failures --and the lessons to be learned about eradicating hunger and promoting development -- can be more fruitful when grounded in fresh and substantive date and analysis." From the section The Food Window

Gift of Karen Wald.

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