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Farming in a Global Economy: A Case Study of Dutch Immigrant Farmers in Canada (International Studies in Sociology & Social Anthropology): 101
Author(s): Frans Schryer (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 30 Jun. 2006
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 388 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004151702
- ISBN-13: 9789004151703
Book Description
Using a Canadian case study, this book demonstrates that Dutch immigrant farmers have a global competitive advantage. It also deals with the implications, both beneficial and harmful, of positive stereotyping, in this case the reputation of the Dutch as successful farmers. Farming in a Global Economy consists of three parts. The first provides an overview of farming and migration in the Netherlands and Ontario. Part two deals with Dutch farmers in Ontario from a historical and a sociological perspective, telling the story of postwar farm immigrants, much of it in their own words. The last part covers the Dutch presence in, and impact on, Ontario agriculture.
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About the Author
Frans Schryer, who was born and raised in the Netherlands, came to Canada when his parents emigrated in 1957. He became a social anthropologist specializing in rural Mexico, and then did research in rural Ontario, before again turning his attention to Mexico. He currently holds a faculty position at Guelph, well known for its research on agriculture.
