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  • Mother Nature’s Daughters
    Paula vW. Dáil
    Nearly half of all farmland in the U.S. is owned by women--295,000 of them. In an enterprise traditionally dominated by men, they are taking a lead role in overhauling a complex, often dysfunctional food system. This book features eight stories of women farmers who persevere despite treacherous weather and erratic commodities markets. Smart, independent, hard-working and pol...
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    28,22 €

  • Hard Living in America’s Heartland
    Paula Vw Dáil / Paula vW. Dáil
    Despite living hard, endlessly challenging lives, the rural poor remain tirelessly optimistic, believing things will get better next year. As one struggling farmer explained, 'Sometimes I feel like a jackass in a hailstorm--I just have to stand here and take it...but what the hell--it’ll stop hailing sooner or later.' The struggle to survive on the richest farmland in Amer...
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    44,13 €

  • Women and Poverty in 21st Century America
    Paula W Dáil / Paula vW. Dáil
    Despite an overhaul in the 1990s, the American welfare system remains with a business model focused on the bottom line. Crafted by male-dominated legislative bodies whose members most likely never had to choose between paying the rent or feeding their kids, established policies primarily protect the popular programs that ensure politicians’ re-election. This book offers a fe...
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    35,43 €