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

• Autore: Bennett John W (John William), <1915-2005.>
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1982
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (516 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.3
• Soggetto topico: Family farms - Saskatchewan - Management; Farms - Saskatchewan - Management
• Altri autori: KohlSeena B BinionGeraldine
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Of time and the enterprise
• ISBN: 0-8166-5522-7; 1-4356-0621-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778400203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II