Deborah Sick received her Ph.D. from McGill University. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa.

"Offers a formidable blend of quantitative and qualitative evidence, the kind of complementary analysis too often neglected in contemporary ethnography." - American Anthropologist"

• ContentsList of Tables and Figures ixAcknowledgments xiPreface xiiiAbbreviations xxiiiPART ONE: Coffee and the Family Farmer1 The Fate of the Family Farmer 52 Coffee and the Farming Household 193 Los Cafeteros of P\u00e9rez Zeled\u00f3n 344 The Political Economy of Coffee-Farming Households 51PART TWO: Strategies for Survival and Mobility5 Against the Wind: Local Organizations and Change 756 To Market, To Market 897 When Coffee Is Not Enough 1058 Family Farmers, Global Markets, and the State 1219 Fair Trade: A Way Forward? 132Glossary 153Notes 157References Cited 167Index 193

Deborah Sick received her Ph.D. from McGill University. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa.

"Offers a formidable blend of quantitative and qualitative evidence, the kind of complementary analysis too often neglected in contemporary ethnography." - American Anthropologist"

• ContentsList of Tables and Figures ixAcknowledgments xiPreface xiiiAbbreviations xxiiiPART ONE: Coffee and the Family Farmer1 The Fate of the Family Farmer 52 Coffee and the Farming Household 193 Los Cafeteros of P\u00e9rez Zeled\u00f3n 344 The Political Economy of Coffee-Farming Households 51PART TWO: Strategies for Survival and Mobility5 Against the Wind: Local Organizations and Change 756 To Market, To Market 897 When Coffee Is Not Enough 1058 Family Farmers, Global Markets, and the State 1219 Fair Trade: A Way Forward? 132Glossary 153Notes 157References Cited 167Index 193