Rural communities books

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Rural Education History: State Policy Meets Local Implementation

Rural Education History: State Policy Meets Local Implementation...

Author: Casey Thomas Jakubowski
ISBN: 9781666929935
Format: Hardback
$169.00

Using case study research, framed by urbanormativity theory, this book tells the auto-ethnographic, recent history...  Read More >>

The End of Tradition: Country Life in Central Surrey

The End of Tradition: Country Life in Central Surrey...

Author: John Connell (University of Sydney, Australia)
ISBN: 9781032516653
Format: Hardback
$194.00

First published in 1978, The End of Tradition is the history of four Surrey villages, the Horsleys and Clandons,...  Read More >>

Community Health Systems In The Rural American South: Linking People And Policy

Community Health Systems In The Rural American South:...

Author: Carole E Hill
ISBN: 9780367164263
Format: Paperback
$79.99

A cultural perspective of health care systems can provide health care providers and policymakers with a broader...  Read More >>

Beyond The Amber Waves Of Grain: An Examination Of Social And Economic Restructuring In The Heartland

Beyond The Amber Waves Of Grain: An Examination Of Social...

Author: Paul Lasley
ISBN: 9780367166656
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This book explores the large-scale impacts of economic restructuring in the Midwest in response to the 1980s farm...  Read More >>

The Original Appalachian Dictionary and Almanac

The Original Appalachian Dictionary and Almanac

Author: Benjamin Jones
ISBN: 9798852055477
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Dictionary of Appalachian slang, folklore, superstitions, medicine, cures, potions, chost stories, seasons, games,...  Read More >>

Transforming Agriculture and Foodways: The Digital-Molecular Convergence

Transforming Agriculture and Foodways: The Digital-Molecular...

Author: David Goodman (University of California)
ISBN: 9781529231465
Format: Hardback
$185.00

Agri-food systems in the Global North are experiencing a wave of technological innovation in food production and...  Read More >>

Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia

Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives...

Author: M. Rezaul Islam (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
ISBN: 9781804554494
Format: Hardback
$184.99

Covering disaster scenarios, and the causes and consequences of disaster displacement, Disaster, Displacement and...  Read More >>

The Middle of Somewhere: Rural Education Partnerships and Innovation

The Middle of Somewhere: Rural Education Partnerships...

Author: Sara L. Hartman ,  Bob Klein
ISBN: 9781682537862
Format: Paperback
$95.04

Rural places have long experienced systemic inequities that decrease rural students’ access to education, yet many...  Read More >>

The Country Village Allotment: Escape to Little Bramble in this feel-good, heartwarming summer read

The Country Village Allotment: Escape to Little Bramble...

Author: Cathy Lake
ISBN: 9781838776060
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A feel-good seasonal read about community, female friendship and the power of nature.  Read More >>

Gender and Rurality

Gender and Rurality

Author: Sarah Whatmore (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Terry Marsden
ISBN: 9781032497624
Format: Hardback
$173.00

Originally published in 1994, this book brings together papers developing feminist analyses of the rural condition...  Read More >>

Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside

Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside

Author: Rebecca Smith
ISBN: 9780008526276
Format: Hardback
$39.99

‘Eye-opening and persuasive’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Brilliant … I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL ‘Thoughtful,...  Read More >>

The Social Topography of a Rural Community: Scenes of Labouring Life in Seventeenth Century England

The Social Topography of a Rural Community: Scenes of...

Author: Steve Hindle (Derek Hirst Endowed Professor of Early Modern British History, Derek Hirst Endowed Professor of Early Modern British History, Washington University in St. Louis)
ISBN: 9780192868466
Format: Hardback
$236.00

This study is a micro-history of an exceptionally well-documented seventeenth century English village, which analyzes...  Read More >>

Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place

Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist...

Author: Brooks Lamb ,  Walter Dixon
ISBN: 9798212955218
Format: Audio
$176.85

A moving exploration of presence and place told through the stories of small-scale farmers who, despite intense...  Read More >>

Etnocompetitividad

Etnocompetitividad

Author: Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin, PhD
ISBN: 9798850097530
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf: State-Building and National Identity in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE

Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf: State-Building...

Author: Courtney Freer (Emory University, USA) ,  Alanoud al-Sharekh (Kuwait National Security Bureau, Kuwait)
ISBN: 9780755644896
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Gulf societies are often described as being intensely tribal. However, in discussions of state building and national...  Read More >>

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts of Businesses in Rural Areas

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts of Businesses...

Author: Shashi Bala ,  Puja Singhal
ISBN: 9781668468791
Format: Paperback
$288.20

Evaluates growth trajectories and educational opportunities in rural areas. The book further explores the inclusion...  Read More >>

Black River

Black River

Author: Nilanjana Roy
ISBN: 9781782279433
Format: Hardback
$34.99

It takes a village to kill a child...The village of Teetarpur outside Delhi, is famous for nothing until one of...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life

The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life

Author: Miriam Müller (University of Birmingham, UK)
ISBN: 9781032048505
Format: Paperback
$92.99

The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life brings together the latest research on peasantry in medieval Europe....  Read More >>

Escaping Shadows

Escaping Shadows

Author: Mh Raza
ISBN: 9798223234142
Format: Paperback
$29.01

The Courageous Journey of Wahid Parwana Description: Escaping Shadows is a captivating and inspiring...  Read More >>

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts of Businesses in Rural Areas

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts of Businesses...

Author: Shashi Bala ,  Puja Singhal
ISBN: 9781668468784
Format: Hardback
$380.60

Evaluates growth trajectories and educational opportunities in rural areas. The book further explores the inclusion...  Read More >>

Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future: The Case For an Ecological Food System and Against Manufactured Foods

Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future: The Case For an Ecological...

Author: Chris Smaje ,  Sarah Langford
ISBN: 9781915294166
Format: Paperback
$38.79

'If you want real food, food security and a truly biodiverse countryside, please, please read this book.' John Lewis-Stempel,...  Read More >>

Gender-based Violence and Rurality in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Gender-based Violence and Rurality in the 21st Century:...

Author: Millan A. AbiNader (Arizona State University) ,  Sam Allen (Southeastern Louisiana University)
ISBN: 9781529220643
Format: Hardback
$195.00

Gender-based violence (GBV) and its relationship to rurality is a challenging topic and this edited collection provides...  Read More >>

Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader

Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader...

Author: Ellen Schwartz
ISBN: 9781772034455
Format: Paperback
$47.99

"A writer and educator reflects on the idealistic, tumultuous, and eye-opening time she spent as a back-to-the-land...  Read More >>

Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe: Renegotiating Remoteness

Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe:...

Author: Jussi P. Laine ,  Daniel Rauhut
ISBN: 9781803927688
Format: Hardback
$271.69

Focusing on the social impact of migration, this book explores migration as an inevitable part of rural development...  Read More >>

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