@article{1435770,
      recid = {1435770},
      author = {Baker, Claire,},
      title = {A sociology of place in Australia : farming, change and  lived experience /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {Baker has written a closely observed and perceptive study  of profound transformations in rural Australia since World  War Two as soldier settler family farms have been replaced  by capital-intensive agribusinesses. She explores the  dynamic interplay between state policy and lived  experience, showing that, in the final analysis, it is the  state that calls the shots. Emeritus Professor Judith  Brett, La Trobe University Baker presents a vivid and  original account of land, livelihood, and loss in rural  Australia, working in the tradition of Karl Polanyi to  trace intricate connections between sociohistorical  transformations, shifting state policies, and the changing  rhythms of everyday life. Professor Jamie Peck, University  of British Columbia A thoughtfully crafted and perceptively  argued expose of life on the land, Bakers book blends  personal insights and socio-historical events in tracing  Indigenous dispossession, soldier settlement, family  farming, and government policy in the making of rural  Australia. The author is to be congratulated for delivering  a fascinating and provocative account of agrarian  transformationone making a major contribution to rural  sociology and the sociology of place. Emeritus Professor  Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland Baker has  written a beautiful study of place that illuminates the  complex configurations of people and landscape in rural  Australia. Its intellectually profound analysis of the  social construction of rural land use is informed by deep  and heartfelt narratives of peoples everyday realities.  Their voices are the vines that stretch across the  latticework of her theory. This is a book that both informs  and delights. Professor Bill Pritchard, University of  Sydney A tour de force. Anyone who wants to understand the  "tragic separation between the City and the Land" in  contemporary Australia should read Bakers beautifully told  economic and social history. Emeritus Professor Michael  Pusey, FASSA, University of New South Wales},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1435770},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6240-6},
}