ISBN:
1306708257
,
9780415834728
,
9781306708258
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (162 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
New Political Economy
Parallel Title:
Print version Class, Gender, and the American Family Farm in the 20th Century
DDC:
305.9/6309730904
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Integrating a focus on gender with Marx's surplus-based notion of class, this book offers a one-of-a-kind analysis of family farms in the United States. The analysis shows how gender and class struggles developed during important moments in the history of these family farms shaped the trajectory of U.S. agricultural development. It also generates surprising insights about the family farm we thought we knew, as well as the food and agricultural system today. Elizabeth A. Ramey theorizes the family farm as a complex hybrid of mostly feudal and ancient class structures. This class-based definitio
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1.Introduction; Manor economy: a class analytical framework of the family farm; Class struggle on the farm: constructing the "farm woman problem"; Conclusion and plan of work; 2.The family farm hybrid, feudal-ancient subsidies, and the farm woman problem; The ancient corn belt farming system and feudal-ancient subsidies; "Unemployed" and unpaid: what did farm wives do?; Family farm feudalism; Children as serfs; Conditions of existence for the family farm hybrid
Description / Table of Contents:
Feudal-ancient subsidies: making do and helping outThe farm woman problem revisited; Conclusion; 3.Technical change, ancient competition, and the hunt for super profits; Industrial agriculture; From the "farm woman problem" to the "farm problem"; The tractor dilemma: through the lens of class; State policy and the technology treadmill; The rise of agribusiness; Surviving the treadmill: making do, helping out, and the family farm hybrid; Conclusion; 4.Conclusion; Appendix A; The hunt for super profits; Appendix B; The story of hybrid corn; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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