Rural communities books

Deeply moved by his mother's memories of a waning era and rapidly disappearing lifestyle, John Ise records the adventures...  Read More >>

The aim of this collection is to draw a picture of rural Ireland through Irish literature, from the 18th century,...  Read More >>

This study of the economic backwardness of the hill regions of Uttar Pradesh focuses on out-migration and associated...  Read More >>

Women's labour has long been the linchpin of male status and power throughout Africa. This work interprets the intricate...  Read More >>

New Westers refers to men or women - many of whom may have never even ridden a horse - who seek to relive the cowboy...  Read More >>

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How do people come to need products they never even knew they wanted? How, for example, did indigenous Zimbabweans...  Read More >>

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Michael Riordan celebrates the survival of ordinary, extraordinary people whose experiences are rarely reflected...  Read More >>

This volume chronicles the drama of the settling and development of the High Plains, as viewed through the saga...  Read More >>

Rural Politics provides a much needed examination of the evolution and content of policies affecting today's countryside,...  Read More >>

Rural Politics provides a much needed examination of the evolution and content of policies affecting today's countryside,...  Read More >>

The volume then applies specific analytic methods of measuring impact to each component. The opening chapters address...  Read More >>

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Examines the development of new identities, ethnicities and forms of racism and analyzes the relationship between...  Read More >>

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This volume is a statistical study over time of 155 slave communities in 26 Louisiana parishes and a descriptive...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive analysis of the history and development of rural settlement in both the developed and developing...  Read More >>

A comprehensive analysis of the history and development of rural settlement in both the developed and developing...  Read More >>

This book offers a new perspective to the current debate about popular religious attitudes in Tudor England, laying...  Read More >>

Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, this edition provides a collection of life histories from...  Read More >>