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Women and Farming

Property and Power

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Sally Shortall

    1. Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 1-6

  3. Power

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 7-28

  4. Property, Power and Women

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 29-45

  5. Women and Property in Twentieth-Century Ireland

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 46-70

  6. Farm Women, the Commercialisation of Dairying and Social Change

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 71-86

  7. Women and Farming Organisations

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 87-114

  8. Women and Agricultural Education

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 115-134

  9. The State and Change

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 135-154

  10. Conclusions

    • Sally Shortall
    Pages 155-156

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 157-175
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About this book

Arguing that property and power are central to understanding the position of women in farming and using comparative examples, this book considers the transfer of land between men, the changed role of women in the dairy industry in the nineteenth century, women in farming organisations, women in agricultural education programmes, and the role of the state in shaping the lives of farm women. The common themes of power and property underpin all the chapters.

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'...an important addition to the literature...It raises our awareness of the importance of property ownership in creating gendered power divisions in farm families and allows us to question and challenge the basis of male power and dominance...I would recommend the book.' - Margaret Alston, Director, The Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Stuart University, Australia

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

    Sally Shortall

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Sally Shortall is Reader in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Queen's College of Belfast.

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