Farm families & change in twentieth-century America /

The farm family is a unique institution, perhaps the last remnant, in an increasingly complex world, of a simpler social order in which economic and domestic activities were inextricably bound together. In the past few years, however, American agriculture has suffered huge losses, and family farmers...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Friedberger, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1988.
Subjects:
Family farms > United States.
Families > United States.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > United States.
Exploitations agricoles familiales > États-Unis.
Familles > États-Unis.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Families.
Family farms.
Rural conditions.
United States > Rural conditions.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Corn-Belt Farming; 2. Central Valley Ranching; 3. Land Tenure; 4. Inheritance; 5. Credit; 6. Family; 7. Community; 8. Corn-Belt Crisis; 9. Central Valley Crisis; Conclusion; A Note on Sources and Methods; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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