The great agricultural transition: Crisis, change, and social consequences of twentieth century US farming

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2001, Pages 103-124

  Lobao, Linda ^a   Meyer, Katherine ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Economic development; Family farming; Farm population; Farm women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629557     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.103     Document Type: Article

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