Agriculture

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Growing Up Rural From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem View Fernwood Publishing	Topics covered in this chapter include: households, the generational division of labour, education, pluriactivity, and plurilocality.	Ben White	24	2020	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Guatemala: They Flattened Our Milpa From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 4 examines Guatemala during the mid-20th century, as various governments sought to “modernize” Mayan traditional milpa agriculture, resulting in a genocide directed at Mayan …	Jim Handy	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From Harvest Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 8 explores the future of agriculture, industrial farming and its alternatives, grassroots community organizing and political mobilization, resistance to industrial agriculture, the …	Devlin Kuyek	10	2007	$1.00 Add
From Historical Forms of the Food Regime From: Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions View Fernwood Publishing		Philip McMichael	20	2013	$2.00 Add
From Indigenous Food Sovereignty A Model for Social Learning From: Food Sovereignty in Canada View Fernwood Publishing		Dawn Morrison	17	2010	$2.38 Add
From Industrialization Part I: Roots From: Good Crop / Bad Crop View Between The Lines	Chapter 2 explores new models of agribusiness and industrial farming, genetically engineered plants, Canada’s ‘‘farm family’’ image, the National …	Devlin Kuyek	7	2007	$0.70 Add
From Introduction Agrarian Change and the Politics of Control From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism View Fernwood Publishing	The Politics of Control: An Analytical Framework Agrarian Dynamics in Bolivia: A Brief Overview Organization of the Argument	Ben M. McKay	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From Introduction The Political Economy of Agrarian Change From: Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change View Fernwood Publishing		Henry Bernstein	11	2010	$1.32 Add
From NEW! Introduction: the Martian Singularity From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	The Introduction reflects on the origins of this book as a thought experiment of what life would look like on Mars. Discussing topics including the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, revolutionary …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Is Sustainable Agriculture a Resilient Agriculture? PART 2 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter examines the topic of sustainable agriculture, the U.S. food system, food and farming philosophies, and resilience. The chapter draws on real-world case studies.	Laura Lengnick	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From NEW! Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 3 examines Jamaica in the decades following slave emancipation in the 1830s, when Jamaica was often put forward as exemplifying the calamitous results of a prosperous peasantry. Topics …	Jim Handy	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Kerala: A Return to the Future From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 6 examines the Indian state of Kerala, a small state in the southwest of the subcontinent that had been the site of ongoing reforms beginning almost immediately after its formation in …	Jim Handy	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From Land Control Bolivia’s Agrarian Structure and Frontier Expansion From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism View Fernwood Publishing	Historical Context Foreign Capital and Soybean Expansion The Emergence of a New Social Movement The Agrarian Revolution: Reclaiming State Legitimacy	Ben M. McKay	17	2020	$1.70 Add
From Livestock From: Resilient Agriculture View New Society Publishers	This chapter features case studies of livestock ranchers in different climates and highlights the effects they are feeling from climate change and the innovations they are using to adapt and …	Laura Lengnick	40	2015	$4.00 Add
From NEW! Livestock PART 4 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter features case studies of livestock ranchers in different climates and highlights the effects they are feeling from climate change and the innovations they are using to adapt and …	Laura Lengnick	27	2022	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Managing Climate Risk: Adaptation Stories PART 1 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This book shares the adaptation stories of more than 40 sustainable farmers and ranchers growing food across the U.S.. Sections include: Farmers and Ranchers in the Northwest and Southwest …	Laura Lengnick	17	2022	$1.70 Add