CK - Rural 2

A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize Winner of the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism Named a best book of the year by: the Los Angeles Times the San Francisco Ch……続きを見る

**In the final volume of the Pulitzer Prize–winner's bestselling and beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin’ and continued with Ava’s Man,this "evocative family memoir” (Bost……続きを見る

A warm and funny account of what it is like to live in and run a National Trust house: Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk. When Mary Mackie's husband became Houseman at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk she suddenly f……続きを見る

Two sociologists reveal how small towns in Middle America are exporting their most precious resourceーyoung peopleーand share what can be done to save these dwindling communities In 2001, with fundi……続きを見る

A funny and enlightening account of life in a National Trust house. Perfect for fans of SECRET LIFE OF THE NATIONAL TRUST and ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL "The next time we went down to the cellar ……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With the same emotional generosity and effortlessly compelling storytelling that made All Over But the Shoutin’ a beloved bestseller, Rick Bragg continues his personal history ……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winner and bestselling author, "a grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love ... he will make you cry" (Atlanta Jo……続きを見る

In villages around India, many people have no facilities that provide adequate health care and education, despite the Indian government allocating an enormous amount of funding. In order to offset t……続きを見る

Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drou……続きを見る

Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the r……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

Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods brings together visual studies and childhood studies to explore images of childhood in the study of rurality and rural life. The volume highlights ……続きを見る

In this interdisciplinary volume, sociolinguists and sociologists explore the intersections of language, culture, and identity for rural populations around the world. Challenging stereotypical views……続きを見る

Migrant workers live in a transnational world that spans the boundaries of nation-states. Yet for undocumented workers, this world is complicated by inflexible immigration policies and the ever-pres……続きを見る

#1 Irish Times Bestseller! A modern travel taleーpart personal pilgrimage, part political questーthat captures the power of human resilience "McKiernan sticks his thumb out, and somehow a healthy do……続きを見る

Chinese citizens make themselves at home despite economic transformation, political rupture, and domestic dislocation in the contemporary countryside. By mobilizing labor and kinship to make claims ……続きを見る

Two main criteria have guided the selection and presentation of the material for this text-book. Firstly, there is the claim that sociology is a science. Throughout, the emphasis has been on present……続きを見る

Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive theorisation of the concept of the 'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of contemporary appl……続きを見る

Leerstand, Landflucht, Demografischer Wandel, Demokratieferne, Kultur-Peripherie. Sind dies die einzigen Schlagwörter, die die Situation in ländlichen Räumen markieren können? Vor welchen Herausford……続きを見る

In six compelling essays, Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy grounded in nature's principles and located in dying small towns and rural communities. Exploding the tenets of in……続きを見る

We love The American Farmer. We trust them to grow our food, to be part of children’s nursery rhymes, to provide the economic backbone of rural communities, and to embody a version of the American d……続きを見る

Cities are possibly the most dynamic and important administrative units today. Cities play big roles in addressing many of the complex challenges the world is facing today, including climate change,……続きを見る

'The countryside ought to be for everyone, and this beautiful, thoughtful companion can help us all start to forge paths into the forgotten corners of our green, pleasant and often inaccessible land……続きを見る

Twenty-five years ago, a local girl went missing. Now, another girl comes back… When five-year-old Elsie Button was snatched from a garden in a sleepy town on the Welsh island of Anglesey, and a loc……続きを見る

La presente obra reúne trabajos de especialistas de diversas universidades, centros de investigación, organizaciones de la sociedad civil e instancias gubernamentales con diferentes perfiles académi……続きを見る

An examination of how farming expertise could be shared and extended, over four centuries. All kinds of knowledge, from traditional know-how to modern science, are socially contingent and the produc……続きを見る

An inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientis……続きを見る

»Danke, dass Sie sich für unser Dorf interessieren! »Ethnografie will mutig und lustvoll die vielen Wirklichkeiten unserer Welt erkunden. Ethnografie ist Poesie.« Seit 20 Jahren erforscht die Ethnol……続きを見る

En 1734, après douze années de travail dans une mine de cuivre de la Valsesia, dans le Piémont, Augustineo retourne dans son village, au cœur des montagnes du duché de Savoie. Un village habité par ……続きを見る

Les territoires ruraux font l’objet de préoccupations spécifiques en matière de santé　: souvent considérés comme des «　déserts médicaux　», ils attirent de plus en plus l’attention des pouvoirs pu……続きを見る