"Tractorettes" or partners? Farmers' views on women in kansas farming households

Rural Sociology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-228

  Beach, Sarah S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; GENDER RELATIONS; LAND USE; MASCULINIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878370837     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12008     Document Type: Article

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