{"product_id":"9781350120549","title":"Farming Inside Invisible Worlds : Modernist Agriculture and its Consequences","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFarming Inside Invisible Worlds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Hugh Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.  It is funded by the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Otago, New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFarming Inside Invisible Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the farm is a key player in the creation and stabilisation of political, economic and ecological power-particularly in colonised landscapes like New Zealand, America and Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book reviews and rejects the way that farms are characterised in orthodox economics and agricultural science and then shows how re-centring the farm using the theoretical idea of political ontology can transform the way we understand the power of farming. Starting with the colonial history of farms in New Zealand, Hugh Campbell goes on to describe the rise of modernist farming and its often hidden political, racial and ecological effects. He concludes with an examination of alternative ways to farm in New Zealand, showing how the prior histories of colonisation and modernisation reveal important ways to farm differently in post-colonial worlds.\u003cbr\u003e Hugh Campbell's book has-ranging implications for understanding the role farms play in both our food systems and landscapes, and is an exciting new addition to food studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“'Drawing upon his farming experiences, and applying extensive knowledge from the social sciences, Hugh Campbell delivers an original and provocative account of agricultural development in Aotearoa New Zealand. It will appeal to a wide public audience, especially readers in nations such as Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada – where indigenous peoples were forcibly removed from their lands. Thoroughly researched and eloquently written, the book is set to become a classic in agrarian studies.'” —\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Lawrence, The University of Queensland, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“'Hugh Campbell impressively 'decolonises' modern farming, disclosing its explicit and implicit powers, as embodied in material and ontological agency. Through the lens of colonisation of Mãori farming cultures, he foregrounds settler farming history as exemplary in forming capitalist value relations and modernist erasure of Indigenous socio-ecological practices. His unique reflexive narrative is a powerful account of modern farming's bio-cultural override, challenging boundaries of industrial agriculture and critical scholarship alike.'” —\u003ci\u003ePhilip McMichael, Cornell University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“'This book changes the way we must understand and engage with the transformative powers and potentialities of farms and farming in any setting. The book's brilliant account of the politics of land, people and biota of Aotearoa New Zealand since European colonisation shows that nothing about farms as socio-ecological projects is unchallengeable. He unashamedly frames the power of farms in terms of their visible and invisible powers centred on property. While an extremely robust even brutal expose, the book's mission is to re-instate contemporary farms as sites of vitality, renewal, experiments and hope. This is the agri-food book of the 21st century.'” —\u003ci\u003eRichard Le Heron, University of Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350120549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40716011897038,"sku":"9781350120549","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2263a830-ae54-4f07-9502-122d67e34716.jpg?v=1640927945","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350120549","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}