1st Edition

Family Farming In Europe And America

By Boguslaw Galeski Copyright 1987
320 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

Much has happened since agricultural economists and rural sociologists met at the University of Chicago in 1946 to discuss family farming. The problems and issues related to the structure of agriculture have been intensified by current economic considerations, which promote the growth of larger-scale commercial farming operations and edge out many smaller farms owned, operated, and worked by... Read more
Introduction -- Family Farming in Britain -- Family Farming in Ireland -- Family Farming in Norway -- A Persistent Culture: Some Reflections on Swedish Family Farming -- Postwar Technological and Social Development on Family Farms: The Case of Finland -- Family Farming and the Agricultural Crisis in Denmark -- The Family Farm in the Federal Republic of Germany -- Family Farming in France: Crisis and Revival -- Family Farming in Poland -- The Social Economy of Canadian Agriculture: Family Farming and Alternative Futures -- Family Farming in the United States -- Conclusions

Biography

Boguslaw Galeski