{"product_id":"plundering-the-north-a-history-of-settler-colonialism-corporate-welfare-and-food-insecurity-paperback","title":"Plundering the North: A History of Settler Colonialism, Corporate Welfare, and Food Insecurity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristin Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTravis Hay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe manufacturing of a chronic food crisis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood insecurity in the North is one of Canada's most shameful public health and human rights crises. In \u003cem\u003ePlundering the North\u003c\/em\u003e, Kristin Burnett and Travis Hay examine the disturbing mechanics behind the origins of this crisis: state and corporate intervention in northern Indigenous foodways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite claims to the contrary by governments, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), and the contemporary North West Company (NWC), the exorbitant cost of food in the North is neither a naturally occurring phenomenon nor the result of free-market forces. Rather, inflated food prices are the direct result of government policies and corporate monopolies. Using food as a lens to track the institutional presence of the Canadian state in the North, Burnett and Hay chart the social, economic, and political changes that have taken place in northern Ontario since the 1950s. They explore the roles of state food policy and the HBC and NWC in setting up, perpetuating, and profiting from food insecurity while undermining Indigenous food sovereignties and self-determination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlundering the North \u003c\/em\u003eprovides fresh insight into Canada's settler colonial project by re-evaluating northern food policy and laying bare the governmental and corporate processes behind the chronic food insecurity experienced by northern Indigenous communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42093162299527,"sku":"9781772840490","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a38d6e23ed1423fe4711bec8b1562bc8.webp?v=1732308035","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/plundering-the-north-a-history-of-settler-colonialism-corporate-welfare-and-food-insecurity-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}