Agricultural change : consequences for southern farms and rural communities.

This book examines the impact of the rise and fall of new commodities, production technologies, and shifting government policies on individuals and farm families in the rural South and the interrelationship between agricultural change and community change.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Molnar, Joseph J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: LONDON : ROUTLEDGE, 2019.
Series:Westview special studies in agricultural science and policy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; About the Book and Editor; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 THE SHIFTING ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE RURAL SOUTH; PART I QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE FARM; 2 SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN AGRICULTURE; 3 DILEMMAS FACING MINORITY FARM OPERATORS IN AN AGRICULTURAL CRISIS; 4 AFTER STRUCTURAL CHANGE: ARE PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME FARMERS BETTER OFF?; 5 QUALITY OF LIFE PERCEPTIONS AND FARM STRUCTURE; PART II THE DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE AS A LIVELIHOOD; 6 TRENDS AND DIMENSIONS IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE.
  • 7 THE ""DISAPPEARING MIDDLE"" AND OTHER MYTHS OF THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE8 ENTRY INTO FARMING: IMPLICATIONS OP A DUAL AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE; 9 DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY AMONG FARM OPERATORS IN NORTH CAROLINA; 10 FACTORS IN THE SUCCESS AND SURVIVAL OF SMALLHOLDERS: A NORTH CAROLINA CASE STUDY; 11 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FARM LABOR AND AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS; PART III COMMUNITY CHANGES STEMMING FROM THE AGRICULTURAL CRISIS; 12 AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL COMMUNITY INTERDEPENDENCIES; 13 AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY FORCES AND AGRICULTURAL CHANGE.
  • 14 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF FARMLAND OWNERSHIP IN THE SOUTHPART IV THE IMPACT OF OUTSIDE FORCES; 15 MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE; 16 TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFUSION: EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY, STRUCTURE, FIRMS, AND MARKETS; 17 THE NEED TO RETHINK AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN GENERAL AND TO PERFORM SOME RADICAL SURGERY ON COMMODITY PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR; 18 CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN THE SOUTH; Subject Index; Author Index; Contributors.