LEADER 04838oam 2200721Mn 450 001 9910806903903321 005 20240405040714.0 010 $a1-134-82288-X 010 $a1-134-82289-8 010 $a1-280-33101-1 010 $a0-203-29593-5 010 $a0-203-03124-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002864 035 $a(EBL)178174 035 $a(OCoLC)70763248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000279382 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194517 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279382 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259889 035 $a(PQKB)10990793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178174 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5002850 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33101 035 $a(OCoLC)821810478 035 $a(OCoLC-P)821810478 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780203031247 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002864 100 $a20071003d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe failure of agrarian capitalism $eagrarian politics in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA, 1846-1919 /$fNiek Koning 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d1994 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-96948-6 311 $a0-415-11431-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-277) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; Plan and method of the study; AGRARIAN CAPITALISM: GROWTH AND MISCARRIAGE; Growth of agrarian capitalism; Changes in the age of the second Industrial Revolution; Decline of large farms; Effects on the demand for farm policies; Agrarian politics and the general political evolution; MID-1840's TO c. 1873: THE LIBERAL YEARS; Farm structures and technical progress; Liberalizing tendency in farm policies; Wealth-controlling rural classes and the liberalization of agricultural trade 327 $aInstitutional bases of farm progress Few reasons for indulgence with small farmers and farm labourers; Agrarian capitalism and the rise of classical liberalism; c. 1873 TO LATE 1890's: THE WATERSHED; Repercussions on farm output and productivity; Set-back for large farms; Government intervention along diverging paths; United States, the Netherlands and the blessings of comparative advantage; United Kingdom, Germany and the determinants of free trade or protection; Bourgeois fears, defence of ground rents, and the turn to land reform; Agricultural crisis and the decline of liberalism 327 $aLATE 1890's TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR: AGRICULTURE AND NATIONAL EFFICIENCE Evolution of farm structures; Farm output and productivity; Government and the beginnings of agricultural Taylorism; Increase in land reform; Delay in social policies for farm labourers; Agricultural trade policies: the United States and the Netherlands; Tariff question in the United Kingdom and Germany: the struggle over national destiny; Ambiguities of agrarian corporatism; Swan song of the Old Regime; THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND BEYOND; Agriculture and food supply during the war; After-effects; DISCUSSION 327 $aNeo-classical economics and the landlord-blame view Landlord political power: need for reconsidering?; APPENDIX: Statistical data on agricultural development in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, 1850 1913; Notes; References; Index 330 8 $aAnnotation$bAgriculture is a highly sensitive industry. Throughout their history, national governments have intervened in and protected their agricultural sectors. The problems of competition in agriculture have been continually illustrated by disagreement over the European Community's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and, more recently, by attempts to reform farming policy in the last round of the GATT negotiations. The Failure of Agrarian Capitalismpresents a comparative analysis of in agarian policies in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA from 1846-1919. 606 $aAgriculture and state$zEurope$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAgriculture and state$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAgriculture and state$zEurope$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAgriculture and state$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAgriculture and state$xHistory 615 0$aAgriculture and state$xHistory 615 0$aAgriculture and state$xHistory 615 0$aAgriculture and state$xHistory 676 $a338.1/84 700 $aKoning$b Niek$f1948-$0252617 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806903903321 996 $aThe failure of agrarian capitalism$93953188 997 $aUNINA