Rural communities books

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A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs

A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire...

Author: William Henry Hudson
ISBN: 9781357098414
Format: Hardback
$73.79

A lyrical evocation of the Wiltshire countryside in the nineteenth century, written by acclaimed naturalist William...  Read More >>

The German Peasantry (Routledge Revivals): Conflict and Community in Rural Society from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

The German Peasantry (Routledge Revivals): Conflict...

Author: Richard J. Evans (Wolfson College, Cambridge University, UK) ,  W. R. Lee
ISBN: 9781138842793
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book, first published in 1986, surveys the history of rural society in Germany from the eighteenth century...  Read More >>

Rashda: The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village

Rashda: The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village...

Author: Hiroshi Kato ,  Erina Iwasaki
ISBN: 9789004316171
Format: Hardback
$448.80

Rashda:The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village offers an detailed analysis and description on the history...  Read More >>

Uprooting Community: Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Uprooting Community: Japanese Mexicans, World War II,...

Author: Selfa A. Chew
ISBN: 9780816534180
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Examines the lived experience of Japanese Mexicans in the US-Mexico borderlands during World War II. Studying the...  Read More >>

Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World

Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest...

Author: Royden Loewen
ISBN: 9780887557989
Format: Paperback
$64.90

Between 2009 and 2012, Royden Loewen and a team of researchers interviewed 250 Mennonites in thirty-five communities...  Read More >>

The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Criminology

The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Criminology...

Author: Joseph F Donnermeyer (Ohio State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138799745
Format: Hardback
$483.00

Rural Criminology is increasingly becoming a major subfield of Criminology. This book brings together leading international...  Read More >>

We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America

We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the...

Author: Kate Daloz
ISBN: 9781610392259
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The social history of the back-to-the-land movement, a key moment in the US culture of the late'60s and early'70s,...  Read More >>

The Routledge History of Rural America

The Routledge History of Rural America

Author: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
ISBN: 9780415832922
Format: Hardback
$483.00

The Routledge History of Rural America charts the course of rural life in the United States  Read More >>

The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village: (Published in cloth as Santa Maria del Monte)

The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village: (Published...

Author: Ruth Behar
ISBN: 9780691637266
Format: Hardback
$300.00

This study of a northern Spanish community shows how the residents of Santa MarAa del Monte have acted together...  Read More >>

Nation-Building and Community in Israel

Nation-Building and Community in Israel

Author: Dorothy Willner
ISBN: 9780691649566
Format: Hardback
$310.00

The author approaches the intricate process of nation-building in Israel through an examination of transformations...  Read More >>

Gaon: Conflict and Cohesion in an Indian Village

Gaon: Conflict and Cohesion in an Indian Village

Author: Henry Orenstein
ISBN: 9780691651064
Format: Hardback
$235.00

This study opposes the prevailing view that Indian villages have little social solidarity and points out the relationship...  Read More >>

The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914

The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the...

Author: Timothy W. Guinnane
ISBN: 9780691653822
Format: Hardback
$235.00

In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in...  Read More >>

The Death of Communal Liberty: A History of Freedom in a Swiss Mountain Canton

The Death of Communal Liberty: A History of Freedom...

Author: Benjamin R. Barber
ISBN: 9780691645124
Format: Hardback
$210.00

Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma--its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between...  Read More >>

Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools

Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools

Author: Virginia McGaw
ISBN: 9781533308825
Format: Paperback
$15.81

Virginia McGawwrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.  Read More >>

The Small-Town Midwest: Resilience and Hope in the Twenty-First Century

The Small-Town Midwest: Resilience and Hope in the Twenty-First...

Author: Julianne Couch ,  William B. Friedricks
ISBN: 9781609384050
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Most people in the US live in urban areas; still, there are nearly fifty million people living in small towns of...  Read More >>

Making Goods for Villagers

Making Goods for Villagers

Author: R K Agnihotri
ISBN: 9788184246742
Format: Paperback
$38.79

In the present book, Making Goods for Villagers, the author has propounded the view that the benefits of industrialization...  Read More >>

A Thinking Person's Guide To America's National Parks

A Thinking Person's Guide To America's National Parks...

Author: Robert E. Manning, Ph.D ,  Rolf Diamant
ISBN: 9780807600191
Format: Paperback
$37.99

On the centennial of the National Park Service, this richly illustrated book offers invaluable advice on exploring...  Read More >>

Things You Need to Hear: Collected Memories of Growing Up in Arkansas, 1890–1980

Things You Need to Hear: Collected Memories of Growing...

Author: Margaret Jones Bolsterli
ISBN: 9781682260159
Format: Paperback
$50.60

Gathers memories of Arkansans from all over the state with widely different backgrounds. In their own words, these...  Read More >>

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Agriculture, PT. 2000-End, Revised as of January 1, 2016

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Agriculture, PT....

Author: Office of the Federal Register (U S )
ISBN: 9780160931789
Format: Paperback
$147.84

The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register...  Read More >>

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Agriculture, PT. 1760-1939, Revised as of January 1, 2016

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Agriculture, PT....

Author: Office of the Federal Register (U S )
ISBN: 9780160931758
Format: Paperback
$95.04

The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register...  Read More >>

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