Rural America – serie
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9 produkter
Prairie Populism
Fate of Agrarian Radicalism in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, 1880-92
Inbunden, 1993
629 kr
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Through a comparison of economics and politics in two Populist states - Kansas and Nebraska - and one non-Populist state - Iowa - this work shows that economic conditions alone cannot explain why the People's Party flourished or floundered in the period 1880 to 1892.
From Columbus to ConAgra
Globalization of Agriculture and Food
Av Alessandro Bonanno, Lawrence Busch
Häftad, 1994
429 kr
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Combines current theory on globalisation of food with case studies to discuss the changing agricultural and food system in the era of ConAgra and other large transnational corporations. This volume looks at the operations of these corporate giants and examines the winners and losers.
Ghost Settlement on the Prairie
Biography of Thurman, Kansas
Inbunden, 1995
706 kr
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Exploring the now-abandoned rural settlement of Thurman, Kansas, this account of its social organisation and disintegration provides a new perspective on what happened when the cattle drives from Texas and the Southwest shifted in the 1880s from Kansas cowtowns to the Flint Hills.
Bay Shrimpers of Texas
Rural Fisherman in a Global Economy
Häftad, 1995
381 kr
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This text explores the successes and failures of the shrimpers who prowl remote bays, rivers and estuaries for their livelihoods. Through random sample surveys and historical analysis it examines the political, economic and social realities confronting the shrimpers and their families.
Any Way You Cut It
Meat Processing and Small-town America
Av Michael J. Broadway, David Griffith m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
332 kr
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Many rural communities attract meat, poultry and fish processing plants owned by transnational corporations. They often bring social disorder in their wake (incoming workers). This work offers anthropological, geographical, sociological, journalist and industrial perspectives on the issue.
Changing American Countryside
Rural People and Places
Häftad, 1995
473 kr
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This work examines the role of non-metropolitan people and places in the economic life of the United States, and covers such diverse issues as poverty, industry, the environment, education, family, social problems, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, government, public policy and regional diversity.
Gulf Coast Soundings
People and Policy in the Mississippi Shrimp Industry
Häftad, 1996
332 kr
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Scrutinising the people, policies, institutions and issue tied to the shrimping industry in Mississippi, this text presents an analysis of the system from the people who catch the shrimp to the quandaries facing the policymakers who try to regulate them.
New Governance for Rural America
Creating Intergovernmental Partnerships
Av Beryl A. Radin, Robert Agranoff m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
302 kr
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In this analysis of the National and State Rural Development Councils (NRDC and SRDC), the authors examine the successes and failures of the original eight councils in Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Washington.
Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination
Inbunden, 1997
647 kr
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This work aims to show how public memory of the dust bowl migration has been dominated by a handful of artists and would-be reformers. The text examines images from photography, fiction, film and song and marks off the distances between these representations and the realities of migrant life.
