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  • An Upland Community in Transition
    Agnes C Rola
    All over Southeast Asia, rural communities are in transition to a sustainable status. This book explores how an environmentally fragile upland community in rural Philippines coped with and responded to economic and environmental tensions brought about by a globalized economy and decentralization. This in turn gave rise to local power especially in the management of natural reso...
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    37,29 €

  • The Big House in a Small Town
    Eric Williams
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    56,69 €

  • Integrated Rural Development Program and Its Impact on the Socio-Economic Condition of the Rural Poor of Sitamarhi District
    Vijay Kumar
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    18,25 €

  • Integrated Rural Development Program and Its Impact on the Socio-Economic Condition of the Rural Poor of Sitamarhi District
    Vijay Kumar
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    32,34 €

  • Left Behind. Rural Zambia in the Third Republic
    Jeremy Gould
    Left Behind: Rural Zambia in the Third Republic seeks to identify persistent obstacles associated with integrating rural producers into the national economy. The analysis draws primarily on studies of the southern Luapula plateau. The economic citizenship of rural Zambians is an end in itself, but it also helps secure their democratic participation in defining the means and end...
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    55,19 €

  • Dragons with Clay Feet?
    Max Spoor
    Dragons with Clay Feet? presents state-of-the-art research on the impact of ongoing and anticipated economic policy and institutional reforms on agricultural development and sustainable rural resource in two East-Asian transition (and developing) economies-China and Vietnam. The contributions to this volume focus on the regional and sectoral impact of transformational policies,...
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    77,43 €

  • From Community to Consumption
    Contains papers presented at the XII World Congress of Rural Sociology held in South Korea in 2008. This book provides an international view of the advanced production in rural sociology. ...
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    226,91 €

  • Small Towns and Big Business
    Stephen Halebsky
    During the 1990s, a new type of controversy began occurring across the United States: controversies over the siting of superstores, also known as big box stores. In these disputes, which often involve Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, local citizens mount organized opposition to the proposed siting of a superstore in their town or neighborhood. Opponents criticize Wal-Mar...
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    64,04 €

  • Beekeeping in Wharfedale
    Ken Pickles
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    18,86 €

  • Villages And Village Life
    Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston
    ''Villages and Village Life: With Hints for Their Improvement'' is a book written by Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston in 1878. The book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the history, culture, and lifestyle of villages in the United States during the 19th century. The author provides detailed descriptions of the physical layout of villages, including their architecture, street...
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    36,44 €

  • The Bettesworth Book - Talks With A Surrey Peasant
    George Sturt
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...
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    34,43 €

  • Peeps Into The Haunts And Homes Of The Rural Population Of Cornwall (1879)
    John Tabois Tregellas
    Peeps Into The Haunts And Homes Of The Rural Population Of Cornwall is a book written by John Tabois Tregellas in 1879. The book provides an insightful look into the lives of the rural population of Cornwall during the 19th century. Tregellas, who was a Cornishman himself, uses his personal experiences and observations to paint a picture of the people, their customs, and their ...
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    29,04 €

  • China’s Economy
    Deng Zhenglai
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    188,48 €

  • Beyond Proprietorship. Murphree’s Laws on Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
    Dr. Marshall Murphree is a prominent scholar in the ÿelds of common property theory, rural development, and natural resource management. After graduating from the London School of Economics with a doctorate in social anthropology, he returned home to Zimbabwe to work as a missionary before joining the University of Zimbabwe, where he became director, and subsequently Professor ...
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    51,18 €

  • The Amateur Poacher
    Richard Jefferies
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    35,57 €

  • The Gamekeeper at Home
    Richard Jefferies
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    39,58 €

  • The Whistler at the Plough
    Alexander Somerville
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    78,41 €

  • Contemporary Slavery
    C Nana Derby / C. Nana Derby / CNana Derby
    This book investigates child domestic servitude in Ghana, showing the process of the children’s recruitment into domestic servitude, revealing their working conditions, and detailing the methods of compensation. It seeks to answer the question of whether child domestic servants are contemporary slaves. The findings show that elite households in Ghana exploit children from rural...
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    57,35 €

  • Upstate Down
    Alexander R. Thomas / Alexander RThomas / Polly J. Smith / Polly JSmith
    Upstate New York is in a malaise. This husband and wife team of sociologists, Alexander Thomas and Polly Smith, wanted to know why. They take the reader on a tour of New York in order to diagnose the problems affecting the state and what can be done to address the issues. New York was built on the strengths of its strategic location and growing population to become the ’Empire ...
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    53,26 €

  • Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide
    The rural-urban dichotomy is one of the most influential figures of thought in history, laying the foundation for academic disciplines such as rural and urban sociology. The dichotomy rests on the assumption that rural and urban areas differ fundamentally. This book deals with this topic. ...
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    244,58 €

  • Small Towns and Big Business
    Stephen Halebsky
    During the 1990s, a new type of controversy began occurring across the United States: controversies over the siting of superstores, also known as big box stores. In these disputes, which often involve Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, local citizens mount organized opposition to the proposed siting of a superstore in their town or neighborhood. Opponents criticize Wal-Mar...
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    147,09 €

  • Last Call
    Charles E. Rice
    This personal memoir explores the evolution of volunteer fire departments into emergency medical services and First Responders, as evidenced by the history of the College Township Fire Department in Gambier, Ohio. The author served as a volunteer member of the department for thirty years, while also serving as a professor of psychology at Kenyon College. The transition from fig...
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    14,58 €

  • Developing Skill, Developing Vision
    Cristina Grasseni
    Many people feel that the impact of technology and the pressure of the market economy on alpine communities leads to a loss of biodiversity, authenticity and cultural diversity, affecting animal husbandry, local food production, social networks and traditions. It is undeniable that "progress," "development" and "integration" are transforming working routines, recipes for dairy ...
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    184,38 €

  • Contemporary Perspectives on African Moral Economy
    The topic of African moral economy was first raised by Goran Hyden in 1980 as one of the main obstacles to economic transformation of the African peasantry. The suggestion caused serious academic debates between the proposer and other scholars on African societies, especially those using political economy as the framework of their analysis. But Hyden continued to defend his the...
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    59,78 €

  • Reaching the Unreached
    Olivia Adwoa Tiwaah Frimpong Kwapong
    Though the contribution of rural women to development is tremendous, support for them has been overlooked for far too long. The book explores the situation of rural women and the various measures that have been taken to support them. Based on case studies from Ghana, the book looks at two critical tools - Adult Education and Information, and Communication Technologies (ICTs) fo...
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    64,26 €

  • A Cotswold Village - Or Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire
    J. Arthur Gibbbs / JArthur Gibbbs
    A Cotswold Village - Or Country Life And Pursuits In Gloucestershire By J. Arthur Gibbs. Originally published in 1898. 452 pages. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the orig...
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    45,22 €

  • New Ideals In The Planning Of Cities, Towns And Villages (1919)
    John Nolen
    ''New Ideals In The Planning Of Cities, Towns And Villages'' is a book written by John Nolen in 1919. The book is a comprehensive guide to urban and rural planning, outlining new and innovative ideas that could be implemented in the development of cities, towns, and villages. Nolen was a prominent urban planner who believed in the importance of creating functional and aesthetic...
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    26,97 €

  • Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town
    Jon Fox / Margit Feischmidt / Rogers Brubaker
    Situated on the geographic margins of two nations, yet imagined as central to each, Transylvania has long been a site of nationalist struggles. Since the fall of communism, these struggles have been particularly intense in Cluj, Transylvania’s cultural and political center. Yet heated nationalist rhetoric has evoked only muted popular response. The citizens of Cluj--the Romania...
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    72,22 €

  • Les defis du developpement local au Senegal
    Rosnert Ludovic Alissoutin
    This book is an uncompromising analysis of Senegal’s decentralisation policy in rural areas. It discusses the state’s inability to promote local development, despite this being its main raison d’être in a context of poverty. To identify reasons for the shortcomings, the author goes beyond policy statements and explores, sociologically, the compatibility of the behaviour and the...
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    55,06 €

  • Battling For Social Betterment
    James Edward Mcculloch
    Battling For Social Betterment: Southern Sociological Congress, Memphis, Tennessee, May 6-10, 1914 is a book written by James Edward McCulloch. The book is a historical account of the Southern Sociological Congress held in Memphis, Tennessee in May 1914. The Congress was a gathering of sociologists, social workers, and other professionals who were concerned with improving the s...
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    31,15 €


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