Rural communities books

Draws lessons from a companion volume of case studies ( Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development...  Read More >>

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This popular dream of ""escaping into the countryside"" has caused great change in the population structures of...  Read More >>

Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush. Though...  Read More >>

Focusing on Iowa's porkpacking industry, this text studies the rural working class and its significance in shaping...  Read More >>

This collection of essays surveys the changes in farms, small towns and reservations throughout the American West...  Read More >>

This case study of one community provides a perspective from which historians can better understand the process...  Read More >>

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The new pioneers of this text are ordinary people who have tried to break away from mainstream consumer culture...  Read More >>

Gamblers and Dreamers tackles some of the myths about the history of the North in the era of the gold rush. Though...  Read More >>

Although El Salvador has recorded impressive overall economic growth in the 1990s, during this period, agricultural...  Read More >>

Explores the interconnectedness of nationalism and gender in the context of modern Japan.  Read More >>

Explores the interconnectedness of nationalism and gender in the context of modern Japan.  Read More >>

A historical and theoretical analysis of the formation of colonial society in the Cochabamba Valleys of Bolivia....  Read More >>

In this book, Francis Lovett examines public parks, especially those administered by the National Park Service,...  Read More >>

Recent years have witnessed a change from the passive, low key use of rural areas for recreation to the explosion...  Read More >>

""While locals are inherently integral to land use decisions, their story is seldom coherently placed within the...  Read More >>

A historical and theoretical analysis of the formation of colonial society in the Cochabamba Valleys of Bolivia....  Read More >>

The author of this text suggests that attitudes toward land-use may reflect profound differences in class, religion...  Read More >>

A collection of the life stories of more than three dozen gay men, ranging in age from 24 to 84, who grew up in...  Read More >>

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In the years immediately preceding the founding of the American nation the Blue Ridge region was the American frontier....  Read More >>

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>