Ethnic diversity and the patterned adoption of soil conservation in the strawberry hills of Monterey, California

References

• Barton , J. J. 1980 . “ Land, labor and community in Nueces: Czech farmers and Mexican laborers in South Texas, 1880–1930 ” . In Ethnicity on the Great Plains , Edited by: Luebke , F. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press .
   Google Scholar
• Bennett , J. W. 1982 . Of time and the enterprise: North American family farm management in a context of resource marginality. , Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press .
   Google Scholar
• Brokenshaw , D. 1989 . “ Local management systems and sustainability ” . In Food and farm: Current debates and policies , Monograph in Economic Anthropology, No. 7 Edited by: Gladwin , C. and Truman , K. Washington DC : University Press of America .
   Google Scholar
• Brokenshaw , D. , Warren , D. M. and Werner , O. , eds. 1980 . Indigenous knowledge systems and development. , Washington, DC : University Press of America .
   Google Scholar
• Brown , L. 1981 . Innovation diffusion: A new perspective. , New York : Methuen. .
   Google Scholar
• Brush , S. B. 1993 . Indigenous knowledge of biological resources and intellectual property rights: The role of anthropology . American Anthropologist , 95 : 653 – 671 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bultena , G. L. and Hoiberg , E. 1983 . Factors affecting farmers’ adoption of conservation tillage . Journal of Soil and Water Conservation , 38 : 281 – 284 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chambers , R. and Ghildyal , B. P. 1985 . Agricultural research for resource‐poor farmers: The Farmer‐First‐and‐Last Model. , Brighton, , United Kingdom : Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex .
   Google Scholar
• Conklin , H. 1954 . An ethnoecological approach to shifting agriculture . Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences , 11 (17) : 133 – 142 .
   Google Scholar
• De Walt , B. R. 1979 . Modernization in a Mexican ejido: A study in economic adaptation. , New York : Cambridge University Press. .
   Google Scholar
• Ervin , D. 1982 . Soil erosion control on owner‐operated and rented cropland . Journal of Soil and Water Conservation , 37 : 285 – 288 .
   Google Scholar
• Flora , J. L. and Stitz , J. M. 1985 . Ethnicity, persistence, and capitalization of agriculture in the Great Plains during the settlement period: Wheat production and risk avoidance . Rural Sociology , 50 : 341 – 360 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Foster , G. , Hummel , R. and Whittenbarger , R. 1987 . Ethnic echoes through 100 years of midwest‐ern agriculture . Rural Sociology , 52 : 365 – 378 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gladwin , C. H. and Butler , J. 1984 . Is gardening an adaptive strategy for Florida family farmers? . Human Organization , 43 : 208 – 216 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Greider , T. and Garkovich , L. 1994 . Landscapes: The social construction of nature and the environment . Rural Sociology , 59 : 1 – 24 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heffernan , W. D. and Green , G. P. 1986 . Farm size and soil loss: Prospects for a sustainable agriculture . Rural Sociology , 51 : 31 – 42 .
   Google Scholar
• Hostetler , J. A. 1980 . “ The Old Order Amish on the Great Plains: A study in cultural vulnerability ” . In Ethnicity on the Great Plains , Edited by: Luebke , F. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press .
   Google Scholar
• Howes , M. and Chambers , R. 1980 . “ Indigenous technical knowledge: Analysis, implications, and issues ” . In Indigenous knowledge systems and development , Edited by: Brokenshaw , D. , Warren , D. M. and Werner , O. Washington, DC : University Press of America .
   Google Scholar
• Lee , L. 1980 . The impact of land ownership factors on soil conservation . American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 62 : 1070 – 1076 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lockeretz , W. 1990 . What have we learned about who conserves soil? . Journal of Soil and Water Conservation , 45 : 517 – 523 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McCorkle , C. M. 1989 . Toward a knowledge of local knowledge and its importance for agricultural RD&E. . Agriculture and Human Values , 4 (3) : 4 – 13 .
   Google Scholar
• Napier , T. L. 1987 . Farmers and soil erosion: A question of motivation . Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy , 2 : 85 – 94 .
   Google Scholar
• Napier , T. L. and Forster , D. L. 1982 . “ Farmer attitudes and behavior associated with soil erosion control ” . In Soil conservation policies, institutions, and incentives , Edited by: Halcrow , H. G. , Heady , E. O. and Cotner , M. L. Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America .
   Google Scholar
• Nowak , P. J. 1987 . The adoption of agricultural conservation technologies: Economic and diffusion explanations . Rural Sociology , 52 : 208 – 220 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ortner , S. B. 1990 . “ Patterns of history: Cultural schema in the foundings of Sherpa religious institutions ” . In Culture through time: Anthropological approaches , Edited by: Ohnuki‐Tierney , E. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Rochin , R. I. 1986 . The conversion of Chicano farm workers into owner‐operators of cooperative farms, 1970–1985 . Rural Sociology , 51 : 97 – 115 .
   Google Scholar
• Rogers , E. M. 1983 . Diffusion of innovations, , 3rd ed. , New York : Free Press .
   Google Scholar
• Royce , A. P. 1982 . Ethnic identity: Strategies of diversity. , Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Salamon , S. 1980 . Ethnic differences and farm family land transfers. . Rural Sociology , 45 : 290 – 308 .
   Google Scholar
• Salamon , S. 1985 . Ethnic communities and the structure of agriculture . Rural Sociology , 50 : 323 – 340 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Salamon , S. 1993 . Culture and agricultural land tenure . Rural Sociology , 58 : 580 – 598 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saloutos , T. 1975 . The immigrant in Pacific Coast agriculture, 1800–1900 . Agricultural History , 49 : 182 – 201 .
   Google Scholar
• Schroeder , E. H. , Fliegel , F. C. and van Es. , J. C. 1985 . Measurement of the lifestyle dimensions of farming for small‐scale farmers. . Rural Sociology , 50 : 305 – 322 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service (USDA SCS) . 1984 . Strawberry Hills target area: Watershed area study report , Monterey, California. Davis, CA : Author .
   Google Scholar
• USDA SCS . 1994 . Elkhorn Slough Watershed Project: Watershed plan and environmental assessment , Davis, CA : Author .
   Google Scholar
• Vaughan , E. and Nordenstam , B. 1991 . The perception of environmental risks among ethnically diverse groups . Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology , 22 : 29 – 60 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Warren , D. M. 1980 . “ Ethnoscience in rural development ” . In Indigenous knowledge systems and development , Edited by: Brokenshaw , D. , Warren , D. M. and Werner , O. Washington DC : University Press of America .
   Google Scholar
• Wells , M. J. 1989 . “ Commodity systems and family farms ” . In Food and farm: Current debates and policies , Monograph in Economic Anthropology, No. 7 Edited by: Gladwin , C. and Truman , K. Lanham, MD : University Press of America .
   Google Scholar
• Wells , M. J. 1990 . Mexican farm workers become strawberry farmers . Human Organization , 49 : 149 – 156 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wells , M. J. 1991 . Ethnic groups and knowledge systems in agriculture . Economic Development and Cultural Change , 39 : 739 – 771 .
   Google Scholar