Jeff Pratt

The Rationality of Rural Life (eBook, PDF)

Economic and Cultural Change in Tuscany

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Produktbeschreibung

This monograph analyzes the developments in rural life in detail and at the same time places them in a wider context, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of theoretical writings on modern agriculture. What is revealed is a profound transformation in the rationality of farming, one which touches every aspect of the lives of rural people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000102802
• Artikelnr.: 60122161

Autorenporträt

Jeff Pratt teaches anthropology at the University of Sussex, and has been conducting research in central Italy since 1970. His previous publications on Italy include studies of political and ideological processes, both at the local and the national level.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
ONE Introduction
Capitalist agriculture
Technological change
Rationality
Two sides of the river
Outline of the book
TWO Hard Work and No Money: Share
Cropping in Tuscany
Landlords
Farm and household
Production and consumption
Political movement
THREE Like Birds Freed from a Cage: Economic Changes in the Family
Farming Sector
Land
Reform
+ 1955
1980: The first post
reform generation
1980 Onwards and the growth of wage
labour
Co
operatives
FOUR Experiences of Farming Since the Land
Reform
The post
war experience
The household
Accounting
FIVE An Economy of Scale: Wine Production on the Montalcino Estates
The slow death of the Mezzadria
Investment in wine production
Estate production
SIX Marks of Distinction
Quantity
Quality
The happy island
SEVEN Conclusion
Farming and the transformation of nature
Ecological economics
Appendix 1 Statistical Material for Family
Farming Sector
Appendix 2 Production Costs for Brunello Wine
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index.