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Utopia is, literally, the good place that is no place. Utopias reveal people's dreams and desires and they may gesture towards different and better ways of being. But they are rarely considered as p……続きを見る

China's success on economic growth and its exploration on political reform in the past few decades have attracted the attention from worldwide economic and political experts. This book studies China……続きを見る

The numbers of farms and farmers on the Great Plains are dwindling. Disappearing even faster are the farm placesーthe houses, barns, and outbuildings that made the rural landscape a place of habitat……続きを見る

“Mr. Linney continues to be one of our most perceptive chroniclers of the folkways of rural America, finding humanity and nobility in the most remote of places.” –Mel Gussow, New York Times “Linney’……続きを見る

"An important new voice in the American theater."ーLos Angeles Times "If there's a soul adriftーphysically or spirituallyーin the Gem State, chances are good he sprang from the fertile pen of Samuel……続きを見る

From fox-hunting to farming, the vigor with which rural activities and living are defended overturns received notions of a sleepy and complacent countryside. Alongside these developments, the rise o……続きを見る

This is the true story of a Londoner who gives up his job as an estate agent in the city, moves to the wilds of Exmoor, starts a smallholding and becomes self-sufficient, with a few bumps along the ……続きを見る

'The best portrait of rural life in England' Roger Deakin 'Exquisite' John Updike 'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' Observer Ronald Blythe's perceptive and vivid evocation ……続きを見る

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. At the 36th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures Mar……続きを見る

With China’s rapid advancements in urbanization and industrialization, there has been significant labor movement away from agriculture in the rural regions. Using four village case studies, Song exa……続きを見る

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year One of Amazon’s 20 Best Books of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Buzzfeed, Bustle, NPR, NYLON……続きを見る

While the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy, Flora Thompson's much-loved portrait of life in the English countryside, has inspired a hit television series, relatively little is known about the author ……続きを見る

John Craven has been presenting Countryfile since its launch in 1989 and, for the first time, he has distilled all his knowledge and wisdom about country life into The Countryfile Handbook. This boo……続きを見る

In the early twentieth century, the Chinese state made strenuous efforts to broaden and deepen its authority over rural society. This book is an ambitious attempt to offer both a method and a framew……続きを見る

In recent years, food studies scholarship has tended to focus on a number of increasingly abstract, largely unquestioned concepts with regard to how capital, markets and states organize and operate.……続きを見る

During the early 1980s China embarked on what can be seen as one of the world’s largest social experiments ever. Decollectivization meant much more than the reorganization of agricultural production……続きを見る

Ein Dorf in Kanada. Der Depp muss weg – so hat es der Bürgermeister entschieden. Er und sein Stellvertreter bringen ihn eines Morgens hinaus auf die Felder und werfen ihn in einen Brunnenschacht. Vo……続きを見る

Americans think of suburbs as prosperous areas that are relatively free from poverty and unemployment. Yet, today more poor people live in the suburbs than in cities themselves. In Places in Need, s……続きを見る

Gegen eine verzagte Demokratie – wir müssen für unsere Republik streiten! Neuauflage 2018 mit einem 50-seitigen aktuellen Nachwort über das politische Jahr 2017, über persönliche Erfahrungen in den ……続きを見る

Schluss mit der Romantisierung des Landlebens! Immer mehr Städter ziehen inzwischen aufs Land – oder träumen vom Häuschen im Grünen. Doch ist dort wirklich das Idyll zu finden, nach dem sich alle se……続きを見る

Willkommen in jenem unbekannten Land, das Deutschland heißt. Moritz von Uslar geht in eine Kleinstadt im Osten Deutschlands, er bleibt drei Monate und kehrt mit dieser großen Erzählung, einer Geschi……続きを見る

Von Kindesbeinen an fühlt sich Louise Jacobs wie in einem falschen Leben. In besten Züricher Kreisen aufgewachsen, drängt es sie in die Natur und zu den Pferden. Sie träumt von einem Leben als Cowbo……続きを見る

Mediterranean agriculture is by and large envisaged as a landscape of small farms of high nature value producing worldwide recognisable quality food products that make up the basis of the famous Med……続きを見る

During modernity metropolitan ruralities have been regarded as land reserves for urban expansion. However, there is a growing insight that there are limits to the urban expansion into rural areas. S……続きを見る

In recent years labor relations have altered significantly and new and more serious forms of labor marginalization and control have emerged. This book looks at labor in agriculture and food in a glo……続きを見る

"This volume seeks to answer modern questions and concerns regarding peasants, their production techniques, and their links to wider society. In the past, peasants and their seemingly simple product……続きを見る

Las tierras del litoral de Sonora, en el noroeste de México, son llanuras y valles que se han distinguido a nivel nacional por ser el asiento de varios distritos de riego en los cuales, hace más de ……続きを見る

¿Por qué si en las últimas tres décadas hay un progreso significativo en la incorporación de las medidas de género en la planificación del desarrollo rural en Colombia, las mujeres rurales siguen co……続きを見る

Between 1819 and 1970, the town of Dardanelle, Arkansas, located on the south side of the Arkansas River in Yell County, Arkansas, experienced sustained prosperity and growth made possible by the ne……続きを見る

In Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land, Xianghong Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism, power, and inequality in the southern interior of China. In this region, capital-intensive and elite-di……続きを見る