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1 online resource (319 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One CLASS AND RATIONALITY IN AGRICULTURE; 1 CLASS AND AGRICULTURE; The Classic Writings; Toward a Class Analysis of Midwestern Agriculture; Political and Ideological Effects; Notes; 2 RATIONALITY AND AGRICULTURE; Formal and Substantive Rationality; The Ideal of Craftship; A Typology of Class and Rationality; Four Wisconsin Farmers; Conclusion; Notes; Part Two THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; 3 TENANCY; Tenancy as a Form of Production; Types of Rental Relations |
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Inequality in Negotiation and ControlTrends in Tenancy; The Role of the State; Conclusion; Notes; 4 CREDIT; Credit as a Social Relation; Historical Background; Recent Trends: Debt Structure; Sources of Agricultural Credit; Farm Debt ""Distress; Crises in Agriculture; Summary and Conclusions; Notes; 5 HIRED LABOR; Historical Trends in Hired Labor; Migratory Labor; The Role of the State; Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Part Three CLASS FORMATION; 6 POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE; The Volatility of the Farm Vote; The Politics and Political Ideology of Current Wisconsin Farmers |
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And ConclusionsNotes; 7 FORMS OF STRUGGLE AND ORGANIZATION; The Farmers Union; The Farm Bureau; The National Farmers Organization; Comparison of Membership Characteristics; Organization, Ideology, and Politics; The Rationalization of Organization and Struggle; Conclusion; Notes; CONCLUSION; 8 CLASS? RATIONALITY? FAMILY FARM?; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: The Poverty of Farm Labor Statistics; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429693465 |
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042969346X |
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