Economics of peasant farming / Doreen Warriner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warriner, Doreen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Europe.

Agriculture.

Peasants--Europe.

Peasants.

Cost and standard of living--Europe.

Cost and standard of living.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 1964. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION; I. EUROPE'S FARM PROBLEM; 1. Agriculture and Economic Development; 2. The Origin of Peasant Society; 3. Differences in Standards of Living in Europe; 4. Europe's Farm Problem; 5. The Political Background; II. THE GERMAN SOLUTION; 1. Population and Production; 2. Trade and Tariffs; 3. Possible Remedies; III. OVER-POPULATION; 1. What is Over-population?; 2. What Level of Density indicates Surplus Population?; 3. Causes of the High Density of Farm Population

IV. THE STANDARD OF LIVINGa. Nutrition; b. Housing; c. Consumption of Manufactured Goods; V. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FARMING SYSTEM; i. CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND WESTERN HUNGARY; VI. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FARMING SYSTEM; ii. THE DANUBE PLAIN IN HUNGARY, RUMANIA, AND BULGARIA; VII. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FARMING SYSTEM; iii. POLAND, TRANSYLVANIA, JUGOSLAVIA SOUTH OF THE SAVA; VIII. THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PEASANT FARMING; A. ADVANTAGES; 1. The Effect of Peasant Farming on the Distribution of Income; 2. Employment and Labour Conditions; B. DISADVANTAGES; 1. Technical Defects

2. Capital InvestmentIX. THE RUSSIAN SOLUTION; 1. The Results of Collectivization; 2. The Social Organization; 3. Incomes and Standards of Living; 4. Collectivization as a Remedy for Eastern Europe; CONCLUSION; INDEX

Notes:

First published 1939 by Frank Cass. Second edition 1964.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-138-99329-8

1-315-03136-1

1-136-92412-4

1-136-92405-1

9781315031361

OCLC:

874151410