Fields of Gold : : Financing the Global Land Rush / / Madeleine Fairbairn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Fairbairn, Madeleine,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Series on Land: New Perspectives on Territory, Development, and Environment
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 p.) :; 5 b&w halftones, 1 b&w line drawing, 2 maps, 14 charts
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Portuguese Terms --; Introduction --; 1. Farmland Investment Comes of Age --; 2. Farmland Values --; 3. Material Difficulties --; 4. Foreign Politics --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501750106; 9783110690460; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704754; 9783110704556
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501750106?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Madeleine Fairbairn.

Fields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in two of the most popular investment locations, the US and Brazil, looking at the implications of financiers' acquisition of land and control over resources for rural livelihoods and economic justice. At the heart of Fields of Gold is a tension between efforts to transform farmland into a new financial asset class, and land's physical and social properties, which frequently obstruct that transformation. But what makes the book unique among the growing body of work on the global land grab is Fairbairn's interest in those acquiring land, rather than those affected by land acquisitions. Fairbairn's work sheds ethnographic light on the actors and relationships—from Iowa to Manhattan to São Paulo—that have helped to turn land into an attractive financial asset class.