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"In addition to an exploration of controversial labor practices, the book is also about a lake and the confluence of wildlife, commerce, power and politics surrounding it. . . . Styles' book helps contextualize the labor that goes into a gift many will receive."

* Illinois Times *

"Styles has produced an insightful work filled with evocative analysis."

* H-Net *

"Styles’ vivid ethnographic descrip-tions draw attention to the myriad local contestations refashioned and created byfloriculture. This approach enables the reader to not only learn about the problem-atic sides offlower production in Kenya but to also get to know Naivasha as a site of possibility that has an important place in political and moral imaginations."

* The Journal of Modern African Studies *

"Styles succeeds in conveying the complexities and contradictions of global commodity production: work in floriculture, in spite of the possibilities it affords, is no bed of roses."

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Roses from Kenya

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    A Hardback by Megan A. Styles, K. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Sivaramakrishnan

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      Publisher University of Washington Press
      Published 10 December 2019
      ISBN-13 9780295746517
      978-0295746517
      ISBN-10 0295746513

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "In addition to an exploration of controversial labor practices, the book is also about a lake and the confluence of wildlife, commerce, power and politics surrounding it. . . . Styles' book helps contextualize the labor that goes into a gift many will receive."

      * Illinois Times *

      "Styles has produced an insightful work filled with evocative analysis."

      * H-Net *

      "Styles’ vivid ethnographic descrip-tions draw attention to the myriad local contestations refashioned and created byfloriculture. This approach enables the reader to not only learn about the problem-atic sides offlower production in Kenya but to also get to know Naivasha as a site of possibility that has an important place in political and moral imaginations."

      * The Journal of Modern African Studies *

      "Styles succeeds in conveying the complexities and contradictions of global commodity production: work in floriculture, in spite of the possibilities it affords, is no bed of roses."

      * Exertions *

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