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The Devil's Fruit describes the facets of the strawberry industry as a harm industry, and explores author Dvera Saxton’s activist ethnographic work with farmworkers in response to health and environ……続きを見る

A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy Shale gas extractionーcommonly known as frackingーis often portrayed as an energy revolution that will tran……続きを見る

The Handbook of Rural Aging goes beyond the perspective of a narrow range of health professions, disciplines, and community services that serve older adults in rural America to encompass the full ra……続きを見る

Winner: Byron Caldwell Smith Award Between the Nebraska border and Osage County, Oklahoma, are the Flint Hills of Kansas, and growing on those hills the last of the tallgrass prairie that once range……続きを見る

Highlighting the interwoven relationship between Chinese rural society and larger historical forces, this book charts the evolution of China’s rural society from 1901 to 1949, concentrating on the m……続きを見る

This text draws on data from a five-year longitudinal study focusing on gifted education programs in high poverty rural areas in the US. It provides a framework for the use of place-based interventi……続きを見る

How is it possible for a town to exist where the median household income is about $73,000, but the median home price is about $4,000,000? Boring into the "impossible" math of Aspen, Colorado, Stuber……続きを見る

**'**Poignant ... A meditation on life, love and the importance of nature' IRISH TIMES When they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave New Y……続きを見る

Why some straight men have sex with other men Why do some straight men in rural America have sex with other men? In Still Straight, Tony Silva convincingly argues that these menーmany of whom enjoy ……続きを見る

This book offers an overview of the history and development of civil society in three major nations of South Asia – Pakistan, India and Bangladesh – from colonial times to the present. It examines t……続きを見る

This book unravels the lives, needs and experiences of Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in prostitution in Brussels. This volume casts a light on the working conditions and the experiences of 38 ……続きを見る

Showcasing the voices, perspectives, and experiences of rural English teachers and students, Teaching English in Rural Communities promotes equity, diversity, and inclusivity within rural education.……続きを見る

For many years, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been working towards social reconstruction in India, which is then used by the Bharatiya Janata Party for political benefit. Contrary to popular u……続きを見る

Across all the boroughs, The Long Crisis shows, New Yorkers helped transform their broke and troubled city in the 1970s by taking the responsibilities of city governance into the private sector and ……続きを見る

Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Some hollows and coal camps are in fact almost exclusively black settlemen……続きを見る

«Partivano. La gente di queste parti è sempre partita». I ricordi di Toni e Margherita, un anziano pastore e sua moglie, disegnano a tratti scarni ma decisi la loro storia, la storia della gente di ……続きを見る

In The Southern Appalachian Region: A Survey, published by the University Press of Kentucky in 1962, Rupert Vance suggested a decennial review of the region's progress. No systematic study comparabl……続きを見る

The Economic and Opportunity Gap has a great deal of information, ideas and resources focused on children and families living in poverty. Specifically, how teachers and other professionals working w……続きを見る

Because they're small, they're easy to overlook. Because their voices don't carry far, it's hard to hear them. We'd rather not look too closely or listen too carefully. And if we don't see them, may……続きを見る

Ben Brooksby is a fifth-generation farmer from St Helens Plains in western Victoria. When he was younger, he struggled with anxiety and other mental health issues, as do so many others in rural comm……続きを見る

Winner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2022 Traditionally associated with rural ways of life in England, often hand-crafted and held up as one of the only items of Eng……続きを見る

George can't throw anything away. But he's in danger of throwing away a chance at love George Nightingale is a hoarder with a house full of junk. For years he's kept it a secret, rarely leaving his ……続きを見る

Since its founding after World War I, the American Civil Liberties Union has become an integral part of American society. The history of the ACLU parallels the extension of civil rights and libertie……続きを見る

Nueve de cada diez argentinos vivimos en ciudades. Pero gran parte de nuestra economía doméstica aún depende de lo que pasa en el campo. En este marco, apenas tenemos noticias de lo que allí sucede ……続きを見る

Este libro tiene la intención de plantear el debate sobre cómo se ha tejido histórica, sociológica y juridicamente la defensa e imaginación de la vida en un territorio paradojal como lo es Buenavent……続きを見る

If the woods call your name, then you should follow. But if you can’t clear your schedule, you’ll want to read this book about life in the wilderness, before there were cellphones. The quest for Uto……続きを見る

O agro, o que é? Neste livro essencial para a compreensão do Brasil contemporâneo, Caio Pompeia esquadrinha os meandros políticos do autoproclamado setor mais importante da economia nacional. Desde ……続きを見る

American Indian Education/indigenous education is still faltering today and is not producing significant differences in results where school practices follow those for the dominant culture. Inroads ……続きを見る

Nei primi anni Duemila il fenomeno del land grabbing, ossia del passaggio di mano di enormi estensioni di terre agricole, ha evidenziato l'affermarsi di nuovi modi di pensare al cibo e al problema d……続きを見る

Amid the growing calls for a turn towards sustainable agriculture, this book puts forth and discusses the concept of agrarian extractivism to help us identify and expose the predatory extractivist f……続きを見る