Smallholders, Householders: Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture

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“A magnificent work of scholarly synthesis. His book will long remain essential reading for all who claim an interest in debates about agrarian change.”—The Geographical Journal

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"A magnificent work of scholarly synthesis. His book will long remain essential reading for all who claim an interest in debates about agrarian change."—The Geographical Journal

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ISBN-13: 9780804721028
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 9/1/1993
Edition description: 1
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.00 (d)

	Tables and Figures
	Prologue: An Ethnological Essay in Practical Reason	1
1	The Technology and Knowledge of Intensive Farm Practices	28
2	The Farm-Family Household	58
3	Labor-Time Allocation	102
4	Energy Inputs, Outputs, and Sustainable Systems	123
5	Farm Size and Productivity	146
6	Smallholder Property and Tenure	157
7	Inequality, Stratification, and Polarization	189
8	Chinese Smallholders	232
9	Intensive Agriculture, Population Density, Markets, and the Smallholder Adaptation	261
10	Peasant Farming and the Chayanov Model	295
	Epilogue: Does the Smallholder Have a Future?	320
	References Cited	337
	Index	379

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