Rural communities books

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A study of modernization and nationalization in rural Africa in the early years following Kenyan independence in...  Read More >>

A profound analysis of a broad range of issues, providing a masterly overview of rural development in India.  Read More >>

Regions are a critical way for rural America to seize new economic opportunities. Economic experts increasingly...  Read More >>

Presents readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods...  Read More >>

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PEGGY O’BRIEN grew up in western Massachusetts, where she now lives with her husband. She teaches at the University...  Read More >>

Anlasslich des 250. Geburtstags des Wiener Praters begibt sich Roland Girtler auf einen Streifzug durch die bunte...  Read More >>

An ethnographic and ecological history of Dolpo, a culturally Tibetan region in western Nepal that is home to some...  Read More >>

An ethnographic and ecological history of Dolpo, a culturally Tibetan region in western Nepal that is home to some...  Read More >>

This collection is the first comprehensive, cohesive volume to unite Appalachian history with its culture. Richard...  Read More >>

For city slickers who seek refuge and a new beginning in a pastoral setting, this guide provides advice on the financial,...  Read More >>

The self-sufficiency and regional outlook of farm life characterized the United States until the Civil War period...  Read More >>

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Based on a two-year European research project on policies and young people in rural development, this edited volume...  Read More >>

A discussion of the process by which some ethnic groups manipulate values, myths, symbols and ceremonials from their...  Read More >>

This book addresses a central problem of anthropology: the nature and appropriate analysis of economic life. It...  Read More >>

This volume examines the effects of rural depopulation as a process on the structure of family and kinship within...  Read More >>

This book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers who first settled in South China's Pearl River...  Read More >>

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The first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct, on its own terms, the world of Athens outside the city walls during...  Read More >>

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Bill Kauffman, a self-proclaimed ""placeist"" who believes that things urban are homogenizing our national scene,...  Read More >>

This research reconceptualizes or elaborates on, or even modifies, the systemic approach of community attachment...  Read More >>