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UNINA9910452151903321 |
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Autore |
Bennett John W (John William), <1915-2005.> |
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Titolo |
Of time and the enterprise [[electronic resource] ] : North American family farm management in a context of resource marginality : based on a decade of research in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada / / by John W. Bennett, in association with Seena B. Kohl and Geraldine Binion |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1982 |
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ISBN |
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0-8166-5522-7 |
1-4356-0621-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (516 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KohlSeena B |
BinionGeraldine |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Family farms - Saskatchewan - Management |
Farms - Saskatchewan - Management |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface and Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Coping with Physical Resources; PART III: The Microsocial Milieu of Jasper Agriculture: The Agrifamily System; PART IV: The Macrosocial Milieu of Jasper Agriculture; PART V: Management Style; Notes; Literature Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Of 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 fa |
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