The Takeover Chicken Farming and the Roots of American Agribusiness |
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| Author:
| Gisolfi, Monica R. |
| Series title: | Environmental History and the American South Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-3578-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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Gisolfi shows how the poultry farming model of semivertical integration perfected a number of practices that had first underpinned the cotton-growing crop-lien system, ultimately transforming the poultry industry in ways that drove tens of thousands of farmers off the land and rendered those who remained dependent on large agribusiness firms.
Gisolfi shows how the poultry farming model of semivertical integration perfected a number of practices that had first underpinned the cotton-growing crop-lien system, ultimately transforming the poultry industry in ways that drove tens of thousands of farmers off the land and rendered those who remained dependent on large agribusiness firms.