Rural communities books

Interest in Rural Studies grew rapidly from the 1970s onwards, partly as a counterbalance to the urban bias of much...  Read More >>

This book, based on extensive original research including survey research in the Chinese countryside, examines how...  Read More >>

In developing countries such as India, there are stark contrasts between urban and rural populations, presenting...  Read More >>

In the early evening of June 25, 1980, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders were hitchhiking...  Read More >>

This collection presents creative strategies and programs designed to address needs of families specific to the...  Read More >>

This book explores gender dynamics in the indigenous villages in post-handover Hong Kong. It looks at how Hong Kong’s...  Read More >>

Esta novela tiene por escenario a Siberia, las orillas del Ona, un río que podría ser el Angara, el Obi o el vigoroso...  Read More >>

Karen E. Hayden explores how the rural other became linked to evolutionary theories that emerged in the mid-nineteenth...  Read More >>

After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill...  Read More >>

Based on the true story behind a landmark US Supreme Court Decision, K. D. Alden's debut is a rich and moving story...  Read More >>

A pair of runaways take refuge in Sheriff Wing's slice of the Vermont countryside.  Read More >>

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First published in 1999, this volume explores the nature of poverty and interprets it across a range of policy reforms...  Read More >>

A major assessment of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland.  Read More >>

Energy Impacts brings together important new research on site-level social, economic, and behavioral impacts from...  Read More >>

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Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal—that the quality of the education varies with the location...  Read More >>

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Second statement of responsibility from ECIP data.  Read More >>

"The investigations embodied in this book were begun in 1894, on the suggestion of Mr. Graham Wallas, and at the...  Read More >>

Cow lovers, rejoice! This gorgeous, full-color wall calendar includes twelve brightly colored photographs of some...  Read More >>

Country calendar featuring full-color photos Monthly grid calendars indicate US national holidays Ample space...  Read More >>