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Rationality of Rural Life - Economic and Cultural Change in Tuscany

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Informationen zum Autor Jeff Pratt is Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Class, Nation and Identity (Pluto, 2003) and Food for Change (Pluto, 2013). Klappentext An exploration of the developments in rural life, this book takes an in-depth look at the strengths and weaknesses of theoretical writings on modern agriculture. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the developments in rural life, this book takes an in-depth look at the strengths and weaknesses of theoretical writings on modern agriculture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- ONE Introduction -- Capitalist agriculture -- Technological change -- Rationality -- Two sides of the river -- Outline of the book -- TWO Hard Work and No Money: Share-Cropping in Tuscany -- Landlords -- Farm and household -- Production and consumption -- Political movement -- THREE Like Birds Freed from a Cage: Economic Changes in the Family-Farming Sector -- Land-Reform -- + 1955-1980: The first post-reform generation -- 1980 Onwards and the growth of wage-labour -- Co-operatives -- FOUR Experiences of Farming Since the Land-Reform -- The post-war experience -- The household -- Accounting -- FIVE An Economy of Scale: Wine Production on the Montalcino Estates -- The slow death of the Mezzadria -- Investment in wine production -- Estate production -- SIX Marks of Distinction -- Quantity -- Quality -- The happy island -- SEVEN Conclusion -- Farming and the transformation of nature -- Ecological economics -- Appendix 1 Statistical Material for Family-Farming Sector -- Appendix 2 Production Costs for Brunello Wine -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

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Authors Jeff Pratt, Jeff C Pratt Jeff Pratt
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 03.06.2016
 
EAN 9781138984561
ISBN 978-1-138-98456-1
No. of pages 230
Series Studies in Anthropology and History
Studies in Anthropology and History
Subjects Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

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