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I BÖRJAN AV 1990-TALET byggdes bostäder, en hockeyhall och ett släkt forskar centrum i Ramsele i västra Ångermanland. 30 år senare är de flesta butiker stängda, samhällsservicen borta och många villor öde. Vad var det som hände? Och kan den gröna ...

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"Utflyttarskildring när den är som bäst." /Borås Tidning När David Jonstad flyttar från Stockholm med sin familj till en liten gård i Dalarna är det något han drömt om i många år. Det är inte en dröm han är ensam om. Flyttlassen går allt...

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En långsam glidning, ett fö rflyttat fokus till staden, har lä mnat de svenska landsbygderna politiskt ö vergivna. Valet av Trump, Storbritanniens Brexit-omrö stning och Le Pens framgå ngar synliggjorde en kulturell konfliktlinje mellan stad och l...

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If you want real food, food security and a truly biodiverse countryside, please, please read this book. John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland [A] timely response to those who are constructing a dystopia of farms without farmers, food without fa...

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Now in its fifth edition, Diffusion of Innovations is a classic work on the spread of new ideas. In this renowned book, Everett M. Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico, exp...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR The new bestseller from the author of The Shepherd's Life 'A beautifully written story of a family, a home and a changing landscape' Nigel Slater As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather ta...

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Known as the 'grandmother of herbalism', Juliette de Bairacli Levy travelled throughout Europe and North America in pursuit of her passion for herbs and holistic medicine, living mostly in rural places whose nomadic communities helped ex...

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A SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF SWEDEN'S AUGUST PRIZE WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 'Osebol is a magnificent success; it is hard to imagine ...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me. Niall Harbison is a dog hero based in Thailand. He spends his days feeding, caring for and rescuing the many street dogs he comes across. With every rescue theres...

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Perfect for readers of James Rebanks, Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshingly new outlook on the way forward for society. A vital resource for activists, students, policy makers and anyone looking to enact change. I...

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Den intervjubaserade boken En annan landsbygd - om gestaltad livsmiljö på landsbygden är skriven och sammanställd av arkitekten Angelica Åkerman och presenterar röster och platser som sällan träffas av den svenska samhälls- och bostadsdebattens st...

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Public spaces are vital to a healthy civic life. Even fleeting interactions in such places tend to expand people's horizons. Sidewalks, plazas, public parks, central squares, and public libraries all enhance public life in unique ways. Yet, as Set...

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LANDSBYGDER Sveriges landsbygder har under det senaste seklet präglats av avfolkning. I dag bor ungefär en tredjedel av landets befolkning i områden som klassas som landsbygd. Men en minskande befolkning betyder inte att landsbygden inte längre an...

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I den lilla byn Brachay i Champagne bor inte ens hundra personer. Där finns borgmästaren Gerard Marchand och hans fru Brigitte som håller på att lära sig simma. Där finns Råttan och Korpen som är grannar i byns utkant och som har bott i byn i hela...

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The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life brings together the latest research on peasantry in medieval Europe. The aim is to place peasants as small-scale agricultural producers firmly at the centre of this volume, as people with agency, immen...

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Traffication develops a bold new idea: that the trillions of miles of driving we do each year are just as destructive to our natural environment as any of the better known threats, such as habitat loss or intensive farming. The problem is not simp...

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This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refre...

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Vilken är synen på Norrland? Betraktas regionen som i första hand en råvarubod för den svenska nationen och i övrigt en belastning för skattebetalarna? Norrland beskrivs i ett historiskt perspektiv som en marginaliserad r¿egion. Från att under 180...

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Focuses on both theoretical and applied understandings of the rural and how these interrelate through issue based topics Up-to-date in terms of theory and practice: main competitor 15 years old Draws together concepts and approaches from across hu...

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Hur gick det till när 1900-talets industrialiserade landsbygd omvandlades? Hur påverkades människors vardag av denna utveckling och hur knöts lokala händelser ihop med industrisamhällets omvälvande historia? Dessa frågor diskuteras i Åsa Lundqvist...

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'A priceless portrait of one of the least understood and frequently most vilified of people: farmers. It should really be read by all in this country who buys food - i.e. everyone.' Daily Mail 'Highly researched and deeply thoughtfu...

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* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Stre...

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Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Book Award from the Western Social Science Association Though mining is an infamously masculine industry, women make up 20 percent of all production crews in Wyomings Powder River Basinthe largest coal-producing re...

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Gulf societies are often described as being intensely tribal. However, in discussions of state building and national identity, the role of tribalism and tribal identity is often overlooked. This book analyses the political role of tribes in Kuwait...

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The division of rural and urban is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture. Throughout history, the rural has been attributed with many meanings: as a source of food and energy; as a pristine wilderness, or as a...

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Fracking is one of the most controversial methods of fossil fuel extraction in the United States, but a great deal about it remains out of the public eye. In Wisconsin it has ignited an unprecedented explosion in the states sand mining operations,...

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Varför fungerar inte modellerna för hållbar utveckling av den svenska landsbygden? Är brukssamhällen, omstrukturerade industriorter och norrländsk glesbygd den globala ekonomins hopplösa förlorare? Kanske kan vi vända på perspektiven och i stället...

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A windswept love letter to Scotlands heritage sheep and to the Orkney farming community too. Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wo...

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Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize The Top Ten Bestseller A The Times Book of the Year Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month If you want to read a book that moves you both at the level of sentence and the quality of language and with th...

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Its time to enjoy more bare-bottomed fun from Woolly Bush. Bernard and Barbara invite you to the Woolly Bush Carnival and all that entails theres dancing round the maypole, a baking competition, vegetable growing, archery, farm animals and a dog s...

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