Agricultural Change: Consequences for Southern Farms and Rural Communities
Cover -- Half Title -- About the Book and Editor -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 THE SHIFTING ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE RURAL SOUTH -- PART I QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE FARM -- 2 SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN AGRICULTURE -- 3 DILEMMAS FACING MINORITY FARM OPERATORS IN AN AGRICULTURAL CRISIS -- 4 AFTER STRUCTURAL CHANGE: ARE PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME FARMERS BETTER OFF? -- 5 QUALITY OF LIFE PERCEPTIONS AND FARM STRUCTURE -- PART II THE DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE AS A LIVELIHOOD -- 6 TRENDS AND DIMENSIONS IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE -- 7 THE "DISAPPEARING MIDDLE" AND OTHER MYTHS OF THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE -- 8 ENTRY INTO FARMING: IMPLICATIONS OP A DUAL AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE -- 9 DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY AMONG FARM OPERATORS IN NORTH CAROLINA -- 10 FACTORS IN THE SUCCESS AND SURVIVAL OF SMALLHOLDERS: A NORTH CAROLINA CASE STUDY -- 11 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FARM LABOR AND AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS -- PART III COMMUNITY CHANGES STEMMING FROM THE AGRICULTURAL CRISIS -- 12 AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL COMMUNITY INTERDEPENDENCIES -- 13 AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY FORCES AND AGRICULTURAL CHANGE -- 14 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF FARMLAND OWNERSHIP IN THE SOUTH -- PART IV THE IMPACT OF OUTSIDE FORCES -- 15 MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE -- 16 TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFUSION: EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY, STRUCTURE, FIRMS, AND MARKETS -- 17 THE NEED TO RETHINK AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN GENERAL AND TO PERFORM SOME RADICAL SURGERY ON COMMODITY PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR -- 18 CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN THE SOUTH -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- Contributors.