Troubled fields men, emotions, and the crisis in American farming
In Oklahoma in the 1980's and 1990's, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. What was causing these men-but not women-to want to kill themselves? Ramírez-...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
c2005.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798135106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Homework
- 1. The Invitation to Die
- 2. The Nelsons
- 3. Creating Oklahoma: Positioning Farm Men for Crisis
- 4. The Good Farmer: Gender and Occupational Role Evaluation
- 5. The American Agriculture Movement and the Call to Farm
- Conclusion. Modernity, Emotions, and Social Change
- Appendix. Wide, Open Spaces (1993)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
