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For the last three decades, the Neoliberal regime, emphasising economic growth through deregulation, market integration, expansion of the private sector, and contraction of the welfare state has sha……続きを見る

Key to China's plans to promote rural development is the de-marginalisation of the countryside through the incorporation of rural areas into the urban-based market-oriented financial system. For thi……続きを見る

Saikia, Chalmers, Michael and Orrell explore the impact of social education on gender inequalities in rural Tamil Nadu where highland women’s lives are damaged by discrimination, marginalisation and……続きを見る

With this study the cattle guard joins the sod house, the windmill, and barbed wire as a symbol of range country on the American Great Plains. A U.S. folk innovation now in use throughout the world,……続きを見る

In "Change in the Village," George Sturt navigates the delicate landscape of rural life during the early 20th century, capturing the transformations that accompany modernization. With a keen eye for……続きを見る

The Last Mile explores the gaps and dichotomy between drafted policies and their implementation, and the last mile challenges which often make public services inaccessible to the poorest and most vu……続きを見る

Las investigaciones: Identificación y caracterización socioeconómica de territorios funcionales urbano-rurales en El Salvador, Centroamérica, elaborada por el equipo de la Universidad Centroamerican……続きを見る

An exploration of how key provinces in China shape urban and regional development The rise of major metropolises across China since the 1990s has been a double-edged sword: although big cities funct……続きを見る

At the dawn of the 1970s, waves of hopeful idealists abandoned the city and headed for the country, convinced that a better life awaited. They were full of dreams, mostly lacking in practical skills……続きを見る

Thousands of people in dozens of countries took to the streets when world food prices spiked in 2008 and 2011. What does the persistence of popular mobilization around food tell us about the politic……続きを見る

Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for hundreds of thousands of readers. In Travels with Foxfire, native son Phil Hudgins and Foxfire stud……続きを見る

In 'Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben' analysiert Georg Simmel auf faszinierende Weise die Auswirkungen der Großstadt auf das individuelle und kollektive Bewusstsein. Seine Prosa ist präzise und d……続きを見る

Il programma editoriale riunisce nuovi scritti (Insegnare l’urbanistica come scienza, Paesaggi, L’urbanista e il piccolo Pianeta) con la revisione dei due testi “Città Tecnologie Ambiente” 2004 e “U……続きを見る

In 'Die römische Agrargeschichte in ihrer Bedeutung für das Staats- und Privatrecht' von Max Weber wird die bedeutende Rolle der römischen Landwirtschaftsgeschichte für die Entwicklung des Staats- u……続きを見る

This is the first book to examine the late Byzantine peasantry through written, archaeological, ethnographic and painted sources. Investigations of the infrastructure and setting of the medieval vil……続きを見る

Historically, residential segregation of Latinos has generally been seen as a result of immigration and the process of self-segregation into ethnic enclaves. The only theoretical exception to ethnic……続きを見る

The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular. The author develops the alternative method of analysis--the 'entitlement approach'--concentrati……続きを見る

This book presents an innovative approach to public archaeology in a rural community, which has had powerful results in terms of empowering a village community in Crete to become long-term guardians……続きを見る

Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story... From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive ac……続きを見る

A classic travelogue that brilliantly conjures 1930s Britain. In this series of pen-portraits of England from the 1930s, Victor Canning ‘evocatively captures the pattern and colour of English life’ ……続きを見る

An exuberant, life-affirming novel of taking your chances After a spur-of-the-moment day out with his boss’ daughter in celebration of his 21st birthday, Polycarp Jarvis decides to quit his Bristol-……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? When Mrs Dover witnesses a young policeman's s……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? It seemed that everyone in the bleak little vi……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Honestly, why should he even be bothered to solve the case? Collected here are eleven unforgetta……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? The naked, burned and mutilated body of a midd……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? Sully Martin had probably been a picturesque E……続きを見る

Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalac……続きを見る

The fascinating and chequered history of Delhi through the centuries has been a popular subject among authors. Yet, only a few other than K.A. Nizami record in rich detail the cultural, social, econ……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? The town of Pott Winckle owes its prosperity t……続きを見る

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? One February evening in northern England, a yo……続きを見る