Of time and the enterprise : North American family farm management in a context of resource marginality : based on a decade of research in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada / by John W. Bennett, in association with Seena B. Kohl and Geraldine Binion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, John W. (John William), 1915-2005.

Contributor:

Kohl, Seena B.

Binion, Geraldine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family farms--Saskatchewan--Management.

Family farms.

Farms--Saskatchewan--Management.

Farms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (516 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Of Time and the Enterprise was first published in 1982. Of Time and the Enterprise is the result of 12 years' research in the Canadian sector of the northern Great Plains -- a 7,000-square-mile region that was one of the last areas in North America to be populated by agricultural settlers. This late settlement permitted a reconstruction of the area's history and economic and social development unparalleled in the literature. This book has several dimensions. It is, first, a meticulous study of the North American family farm. Bennett considers such aspects of the family farm as the ways that fa

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Coping with Physical Resources; PART III: The Microsocial Milieu of Jasper Agriculture: The Agrifamily System; PART IV: The Macrosocial Milieu of Jasper Agriculture; PART V: Management Style; Notes; Literature Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5522-7

1-4356-0621-3

OCLC:

182732617