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The sociology of farming : concepts and methods / Jan Douwe van der Ploeg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ploeg, Jan Douwe van der, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Earthscan food and agriculture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Social aspects.
- Agriculture.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Jan Douwe van der Ploeg is Emeritus Professor at Wageningen University, the Netherlands and an Adjunct Professor in the College of Humanities and Development Studies at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. He is the author of The New Peasantries: Rural Development in Times of Globalization (Routledge, 2018).
- Contents:
- 1.
- The specificity of farming
- 2.
- The farm labour process
- 3.
- Markets and technology: a space for manoeuvre
- 4.
- Styles of farming
- 5.
- Farm development trajectories and agricultural growth
- 6.
- Farming, society and capital
- 7.
- Rural development processes
- 8.
- Constructing new markets
- 9.
- Peasant resistances and struggles
- 10.
- Dealing with socio-material practices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 25, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ploeg, Jan Douwe van der, 1950- Sociology of farming
- ISBN:
- 9781003313274
- 1003313272
- 9781000709919
- 1000709914
- Publisher Number:
- 99993257914
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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