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From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms reveals how some of the most profitable farmland in Canada has been shaped, and ultimately imperilled, by liberal notions of progress and nature.



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"Classens, an expert on social and environmental justice within the food system, draws on firsthand experiences of the Holland Marsh from interview data combined with review of an ample literature to produce this detailed case study." -- M. H. Albro, Clemson University * CHOICE Connect *

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: Culture's Marsh

1 The Production of Land, 14,000 BC–1925

2 The Production of Fields, 1925–1935

3 Crops, Markets, and the Production of Stability, 1935–1954

4 Agricultural Modernization, Ecological Contradiction, and the Production of Instability, 1954–1990

5 A Legacy of Contradictions: Crisis and the (Re)production of the Holland Marsh, 1980–Present

Conclusion: W(h)ither the Marsh?

Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/02/2021
      ISBN13: 9780774865463, 978-0774865463
      ISBN10: 0774865466

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms reveals how some of the most profitable farmland in Canada has been shaped, and ultimately imperilled, by liberal notions of progress and nature.



      Trade Review
      "Classens, an expert on social and environmental justice within the food system, draws on firsthand experiences of the Holland Marsh from interview data combined with review of an ample literature to produce this detailed case study." -- M. H. Albro, Clemson University * CHOICE Connect *

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction: Culture's Marsh

      1 The Production of Land, 14,000 BC–1925

      2 The Production of Fields, 1925–1935

      3 Crops, Markets, and the Production of Stability, 1935–1954

      4 Agricultural Modernization, Ecological Contradiction, and the Production of Instability, 1954–1990

      5 A Legacy of Contradictions: Crisis and the (Re)production of the Holland Marsh, 1980–Present

      Conclusion: W(h)ither the Marsh?

      Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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