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UNINA9910779183303321 |
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Autore |
Lyson Thomas A |
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Civic agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : reconnecting farm, food, and community / / Thomas A. Lyson |
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Medford, Mass., : Tufts University Press |
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Lebanon, N.H., : University Press of New England, 2004 |
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1-283-89618-4 |
1-61168-303-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Collana |
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Civil society : historical and contemporary perspectives |
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Agriculture - Economic aspects - United States |
Agriculture - Social aspects - United States |
Agriculture, Cooperative - United States |
Community development - United States |
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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 bibliographical references (p. 121-131) and index. |
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Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 | Introduction: Community Agriculture and Local Food Systems; Civic Agriculture; Farming and Food Today; A Place for Civic Agriculture; Plan of the Book; 2 | From Subsistence to Production: How American Agriculture Was Made Modern; Agriculture and Rural Life; The Emergence of Modern Economic Forms; Early Agricultural Development; Three Agricultural Revolutions; The Social Construction of Modern Economic Categories; Civic Economy, Economic Embeddedness, and the Informal Economy; The Civic/Embedded Economy in the United States |
3 | Going Global: The Industrialization and Consolidation of Agriculture and Food Production in the United StatesFrom Craft Production to Mass Production; The Trend toward Concentration and Consolidation; Changing Geography of Production; Distancing: Separating Production and Consumption; Control of Farmland; Labor Intensification; Supply Chains; 4 | The Global Supply Chain; The Global Food System; The Jolly Green Giant as a Corporate Migrant; Grocery Wars; Corporate Reach: The Men and Women behind the Food System; Whither the Poor Consumer?; 5 | Toward a Civic Agriculture |
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Moving toward Civic AgricultureTheoretical Underpinnings of Civic Agriculture; Walter Goldschmidt's Landmark Study; Production Districts; Two Models of Agricultural Development; Neoclassical Economics versus Pragmatism; Production versus Development Frameworks; Experimental Biology versus Ecological Biology; Corporate versus Community Orientation; Corporate Middle Class versus Independent Middle Class; Political Processes and Power; Motors for Change; Civic Agriculture and Sustainable Agriculture; Why Didn't Small Business Flourish?; 6 | Civic Agriculture and Community Agriculture Development |
Profiling Civic AgricultureCommunity-Supported Agriculture; Restaurant Agriculture; Farmers' Markets; Roadside Stands; Urban Agriculture, City Farming, Community Gardens; Measuring Civic Agriculture; 7 | From Commodity Agriculture to Civic Agriculture; Commodity Agriculture; Refashioning Farming to Fit the Marketplace; Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community: Tools for Change; Civic Agriculture: Moving from the Marketplace to the Community; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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A engaging analysis of food production in the United States emphasizing that sustainable agricultural development is important to community health. |
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UNIORUON00035386 |
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PHILIPPINE labour migration : critical dimension of public policy / Joaquin Gonzalez III |
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ASIA MERIDIONALE - EMIGRAZIONE E IMMIGRAZIONE |
FILIPPINE - Emigrazione - Aspetti politici-economici |
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