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Routledge
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First published in 2004. The river Orcia flows westwards out of a majestic valley in central Italy, cuts a ravine through the northern flanks of Monte Amiata, and descends through rolling hills to the coastal plain, the Maremma. On its upper reaches, a thousand years ago, the first farms regulated by the mezzadria contract were created, a share-cropping system which established a stable farm... Read more
Chapter ONE Introduction; Chapter TWO Hard Work and No Money: Share-Cropping in Tuscany; Chapter THREE Like Birds Freed from a Cage: Economic Changes in the Family-Farming Sector; Chapter FOUR Experiences of Farming since the Land-Reform; Chapter FIVE An Economy of Scale: Wine Production on the Montalcino Estates; Chapter SIX Marks of Distinction; Chapter SEVEN Conclusion;
Biography
Jeff Pratt
