Subsistence Agriculture in the US - Reconnecting to Work, Nature and Community (Hardcover)

Focusing on ethnography and interviews with subsistence food producers, this book explores the resilience, innovation and creativity taking place in subsistence agriculture in America. To date, researchers interested in alternative food networks have often overlooked the somewhat hidden, unorganized population of household food producers. Subsistence Agriculture in the US fills this gap in the existing literature by examining the lived experiences of people taking part in subsistence food production. Over the course of the book, Colby draws on accounts from a broad and diverse network of people who are hunting, fishing, gardening, keeping livestock and gathering and looks in depth at the way in which these practical actions have transformed their relationship to labor and land. She also explores the broader implications of this pro-environmental activity for social change and sustainable futures. With a combination of rigorous academic investigation and engagement with pressing social issues, this book will be of great interest to scholars of sustainable consumption, environmental sociology and social movements.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2021
Authors:	Ashley Colby
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	126
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-45872-0
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Smallholdings Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries
LSN:	0-367-45872-1
Barcode:	9780367458720

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