Farming in a Global Economy: A Case Study of Dutch Immigrant Farmers in Canada

By Frans J. Schryer

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004151702
• ISBN13: 9789004151703
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"