Smallholders, householders : farm families and the ecology of intensive, sustainable agriculture
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1993. 1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #417866
ISBN: 0804720614
Physical description: xxi, 389 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-378) and index. Contents: Prologue: an ethnological eassay in practical reason -- The technology and knowledge of intensive farm practices -- The farm-family household -- Labor-time allocation -- Energy inputs, outputs, and sustainable systems -- Farm size and productivity -- Smallholder property and tenure -- Inequality, stratification, and polarization -- Chinese smallholders -- Intensive agriculture, population density, markets, and smallholder adaptation -- Peasant farming and the Chayanov model -- Epilogue: does the smallholder have a future? Subjects: Traditional farming; Agricultural ecology; Agriculture Economic aspects; Sustainable agriculture; Family farms; Household production; Small holdings China; Traditional farming.
Price: €125.00