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100	1		_aClassens, Michael, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFrom Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms : _bFood, Agriculture, and Change in the Holland Marsh / _cMichael Classens.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUBC Press, _c2021.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2021
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_a1 online resource (233 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aThe Production of Land, 14,000 BP-1925 -- The Production of Fields, 1925-1935 -- Crops, Markets, and the Production of Stability, 1935-1954 -- Agricultural Modernization, Ecological Contradiction, and the Production of Instability, 1954-1980 -- A Legacy of Contradictions: Crisis and the (Re)production of the Holland Marsh, 1980-Present -- W(h)ither the Marsh?.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_a"Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine. From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformation, use, and protection of the Holland Marsh, exploring how human ideas about nature shape agriculture, while agriculture in turn shapes ideas about nature. Drawing on interviews, media accounts and archival data, Michael Classens concludes that celebrations of the Marsh as the quintessential example of peri-urban food sustainability and farmland protection have been too hasty. Instead, he demonstrates how capitalism and liberalism have fashioned, and ultimately imperilled, agriculture in the area. The social and ecological crises of our industrialized food system are becoming more acute, and questions about where our food comes from and under what conditions have never been more important. At the centre of these questions--and of any efforts to re-localize food systems--is the land. This fascinating case study reveals the contradictions and deficiencies of contemporary farmland preservation paradigms, highlighting the challenges of forging a more socially just and ecologically rational food system."-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aLand use, Rural _zOntario _zHolland Marsh _xHistory.
650		0	_aAgriculture _zOntario _zHolland Marsh _xHistory.
651		0	_aHolland Marsh (Ont.) _xHistory.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/98566/
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