Subsistence Agriculture in the US

Subsistence Agriculture in the US

Author: Ashley Colby

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780367557171

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Subsistence Agriculture in the US fills this gap in the existing literature by examining the lived experiences of people taking part in subsistence food production. This book will be of great interest to scholars of sustainable consumption, environmental sociology and social movements.


The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture

The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture

Author: Tony Waters

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780739107683

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The story told by The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture begins 8,000 years ago as humans began using the land and weather to provide themselves with food, housing, and clothing. Productive farmers took care of most daily needs within the small conservative world in which they lived. This world organized around small-scale subsistence farming is ending as the ancient world of farmers has given away to that dominated by the modern marketplace. This book is about how the modern market world transformed these remote agricultural farmers. Waters uses diverse examples to illustrate how the modern market economy captured persistent subsistence farmers and forever altered life in 18th century Scotland, 19th century United States, 20th century Tanzania, and indeed, the entire modern world.


Change in Agriculture

Change in Agriculture

Author: Clarence H. Danhof

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780674107700

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American agriculture changed radically between 1820 and 1870. In turning slowly from subsistence to commercial farming, farmers on the average doubled the portion of their production places on the market, and thereby laid the foundations for today's highly productive agricultural industry. But the modern system was by no means inevitable. It evolved slowly through an intricate process in which innovative and imitative entrepreneurs were the key instruments.


The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming

The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming

Author: James W. Wood

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781139519700

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"Viewing the subsistence farm as primarily a 'demographic enterprise' to create and support a family, this book offers an integrated view of the demography and ecology of preindustrial farming. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it examines how traditional farming practices interact with demographic processes such as childbearing, death, and family formation. It includes topics such as household nutrition, physiological work capacity, health and resistance to infectious diseases, as well as reproductive performance and mortality. The book argues that the farming household is the most informative scale at which to study the biodemography and physiological ecology of preindustrial, non-commercial agriculture. It offers a balanced appraisal of the farming system, considering its strengths and limitations, as well as the implications of viewing it as a 'demographic enterprise' rather than an economic one. A valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in biological and physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, natural resource management, agriculture and ecology"--


Isolated State

Isolated State

Author: Johann Heinrich von Thünen

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Abridged and translated from the 2d German ed. "A bibliography of references to Thèunen in English": pages xlv-xlvii.


Food Systems in an Unequal World

Food Systems in an Unequal World

Author: Ryan E. Galt

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2014-03-27

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0816506035

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Food Systems in an Unequal World examines regulatory risk and how it translates to and impacts farmers in Costa Rica. Ryan E. Galt shows how the food produced for domestic markets lacks regulation similar to that of export markets, creating a dangerous double standard of pesticide use.


Civic Agriculture

Civic Agriculture

Author: Thomas A. Lyson

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2012-05-22

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1611683033

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A engaging analysis of food production in the United States emphasizing that sustainable agricultural development is important to community health.