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Of Time and the Enterpriseby John W. Bennett
University of Minnesota Press 1978; US$ 40.00Of Time and the Enterprise was first published in 1982. Of Time and the Enterprise is the result of 12 years' research in the Canadian sector of the northern Great Plains -- a 7,000-square-mile region that was one of the last areas in North America to be populated by agricultural settlers. This late settlement permitted a reconstruction of the area's history and economic and social development unparalleled in the literature. This book has several dimensions. It is, first, a meticulous study of the North American family farm. Bennett considers such aspects of the family farm as the ways that family members relate to one another and how the various members, especially the wife, participate in management of the enterprise. The book is... more...
Family Farms - Survival and Prospectby Harold Brookfield; Helen Parsons
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 178.00This book surveys the social conditions of family farming across the world and the conditions of its survival into the twenty-first century. more...
Russia's Unknown Agricultureby Judith Pallot; Tat'yana Nefedova
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 65.00In this book the authors draw on extensive field work that took them over a five year period to a variety of Russian regions. By describing the forms of small farming they found in these regions, the authors uncover for the reader Russia's 'unknown agriculture', speculating about the role it will have in Russia's future. - ;Basing their findings on four years of research during which they studied rural districts drawn from a variety of contrasting regions of European Russia, the authors discuss the place of rural households in Russia's agri-food production system. They show that far from being solely concerned with 'survival' household plots in contemporary Russia are increasingly used to produce crops and livestock... more...
The Profitable Hobby Farmby Sarah Aubrey
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 19.99Turn your hobby farm into a successful business No experience in farming? No problem! The Profitable Hobby Farm gives you all the tools you need to launch a thriving hobby farm business. Based on the author's expert guidance and the motivating experiences of other small farmers, it shows you how to blend strategy, marketing, and money management in order to prosper. The Profitable Hobby Farm provides sound, friendly start-up advice on a variety of topics essential to making an initial foray into a local foods venture. A must-read book for raising and selling local, sustainable foods Includes sample business plan, grant application, marketing and advertising plan, and other forms Lengthy resources section directs you to additional reading... more...
Let's Look: Farmby DK Publishing
Dorling Kindersley 2006; US$ 4.99This exciting new series uses colorful images, simple text labels, and fun "I spy" games to introduce curious preschoolers to the world. Essential tools for building vocabulary. Helps toddlers develop important observational skills. Essential preschool learning! more...
The Political Economy of the Family Farmby Sue Headlee
ABC-CLIO 1991; US$ 98.95Agriculture played an important role in the transition to capitalism in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. In her study, Sue Headlee argues that the family farm system, with its progressive nature and egalitarian class structure, revolutionized this transition to capitalism. The family farm is examined in light of its economic and political implications, showing the relationship between the family farm and fledgling industrial capitalism, a relationship that fostered the simultaneous industrial and agricultural revolutions and the creation of an agro-industrial complex. Headlee focuses on the adoption of the horse-drawn mechanical reaper (to harvest wheat) by family farmers in the 1850s. The neoclassical economic explanation,... more...
Land and Labour in Latin Americaby Kenneth Duncan; Ian Rutledge; Colin Harding
Cambridge University Press 1978; US$ 53.00This book of essays by an international group of scholars represents a substantial empirical contribution to the ongoing debate. more...
Big Mobsby Glen McLaren
Fremantle Press 2011; US$ 16.95Previously overshadowed in the public imagination by notions of American cowboys and the wild west, Big Mobs gives Australian stockmen the place they so richly deserve in pastoral and Australian history. From the lonely months on a long cattle drive to the boots they wore and the places they lived in, this comprehensive work provides a fascinating insight into a unique way of life. more...
New Lithuania in Old Handsby Ida Harboe Knudsen
Anthem Press 2012; US$ 99.00?New Lithuania in Old Hands? examines the impact Lithuania?s EU membership has had upon the country?s ageing small-scale farmers. more...
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