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31 produkter
Estuary’s Gift
An Atlantic Coast Cultural Biography
Häftad, 1999
426 kr
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A coastal region's oldest inhabitants, particularly families of watermen and commercial fishers, often possess the deepest knowledge about a region and its ecological problems. Because of this, assaults on watermen lifeways and commercial fishing families—whether from organized recreational …
Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century
Av David L. Brown, Louis E. Swanson
Häftad, 2002
507 kr
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The twentieth century was one of profound transformation in rural America. Demographic shifts and economic restructuring have conspired to alter dramatically the lives of rural people and their communities. Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century defines these changes and …
Together at the Table
Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System
Inbunden, 2004
820 kr
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Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. In a cafeteria in Los Angeles, children make their lunchtime food choices at fresh-fruit and salad bars stocked with local foods. In a community garden in New York, low-income residents are producing …
Sociology in Government
The Galpin-Taylor Years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919–1953
Häftad, 2003
402 kr
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From 1919 through 1953, the U.S. Department of Agriculture housed the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life—the first unit within the federal government established specifically for sociological research. Distinguished sociologists Charles Galpin and Carl Taylor provided key leadership for 32 …
Country Boys
Masculinity and Rural Life
Av Hugh Campbell, Michael Mayerfeld Bell m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
552 kr
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Rural masculinity is hardly a typical topic for a book. There is something unexpected, faintly disturbing, even humorous about investigating that which has long been seen and yet so often overlooked. But the ways in which we think about and socially organize masculinity are of great significance in …
Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty
Dreams, Disenchantments, and Diversity
Av Kathleen Pickering, Mark H. Harvey m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
406 kr
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Since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was enacted, policy makers, agency administrators, community activists, and academics from a broad range of disciplines have debated and researched the implications of welfare reform in the United States. Most of the …
Daughters of the Mountain
Women Coal Miners in Central Appalachia
Häftad, 2006
509 kr
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Much has been written over the years about life in the coal mines of Appalachia. Not surprisingly, attention has focused mainly on the experiences of male miners. In Daughters of the Mountain, Suzanne Tallichet introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern …
Together at the Table
Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System
Häftad, 2007
527 kr
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Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. In a cafeteria in Los Angeles, children make their lunchtime food choices at fresh-fruit and salad bars stocked with local foods. In a community garden in New York, low-income residents are producing …
American Guestworkers
Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor Market
Häftad, 2007
601 kr
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The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects …
Fight Over Food
Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System
Av Wynne Wright, Gerad Middendorf
Inbunden, 2007
956 kr
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“One problem with the food system is that price is the bottom line rather than having the bottom line be land stewardship, an appreciation for the environmental and social value of small-scale family farms, or for organically grown produce.” —Interview with farmer in Skagit County, WashingtonFor …
Fight Over Food
Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System
Av Wynne Wright, Gerad Middendorf
Häftad, 2008
511 kr
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“One problem with the food system is that price is the bottom line rather than having the bottom line be land stewardship, an appreciation for the environmental and social value of small-scale family farms, or for organically grown produce.” —Interview with farmer in Skagit County, WashingtonFor …
Stories of Globalization
Transnational Corporations, Resistance, and the State
Av Alessandro Bonanno, Douglas H. Constance
Häftad, 2010
527 kr
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The economic and social outcomes of mid-twentieth-century Fordist capitalism were characterized by a decrease in the significance of distance and a shift in the dynamic of time. This “time-space compression” is one of the defining components of contemporary globalization. In their latest …
Reactions to the Market
Small Farmers in the Economic Reshaping of Nicaragua, Cuba, Russia, and China
Häftad, 2011
402 kr
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It is manifest in developing countries around the world that the “shock” therapy administered to their economies by the neoliberal model of structural adjustment has failed, leaving much social and economic destruction in its wake. In Latin America this failure has led to a resurgence of interest …
Rural Education for the Twenty-First Century
Identity, Place, and Community in a Globalizing World
Av Kai A. Schafft, Alecia Youngblood Jackson
Inbunden, 2010
1244 kr
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Rural places and their schools have a long history of community-based traditions, political and cultural conservatism, and intergenerational construction of local and community identity. However, the face of rural communities, both in the U.S. and abroad, is being radically transformed by the …
Rural Education for the Twenty-First Century
Identity, Place, and Community in a Globalizing World
Av Kai A. Schafft, Alecia Youngblood Jackson
Häftad, 2010
367 kr
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Rural places and their schools have a long history of community-based traditions, political and cultural conservatism, and intergenerational construction of local and community identity. However, the face of rural communities, both in the U.S. and abroad, is being radically transformed by the …
Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives
Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research
Av Julie N. Zimmerman, Olaf F. Larson
Inbunden, 2010
832 kr
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Building on their analysis in Sociology in Government (Penn State, 2003), Julie Zimmerman and Olaf Larson again join forces across the generations to explore the unexpected inclusion of rural and farm women in the research conducted by the USDA’s Division of Farm Population and Rural Life. Existing …
Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives
Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research
Av Julie N. Zimmerman, Olaf F. Larson
Häftad, 2014
449 kr
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Building on their analysis in Sociology in Government (Penn State, 2003), Julie Zimmerman and Olaf Larson again join forces across the generations to explore the unexpected inclusion of rural and farm women in the research conducted by the USDA’s Division of Farm Population and Rural Life. Existing …
Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America
Av Kristin E. Smith, Ann R. Tickamyer
Inbunden, 2011
1081 kr
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Rural areas have been hit hard by economic restructuring. Traditionally male jobs with good pay and benefits (such as in manufacturing) have declined dramatically, only to be replaced with low-paying service-oriented jobs—jobs that do not offer benefits or wages sufficient to raise a family. …
Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America
Av Kristin E. Smith, Ann R. Tickamyer
Häftad, 2014
582 kr
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Rural areas have been hit hard by economic restructuring. Traditionally male jobs with good pay and benefits (such as in manufacturing) have declined dramatically, only to be replaced with low-paying service-oriented jobs—jobs that do not offer benefits or wages sufficient to raise a family. …
Against All Odds
Rural Community In The Information Age
Av Don A Dillman, John C. Allen
Häftad, 1994
607 kr
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The authors' model orients this community in the vortex of contemporary forces, pointing up, for example, the need for face-to-face interaction among residents versus the larger society's demand for electronic communication. With increasing conflicts between the culture of rural communities and …
Revealing Rural "Others"
Representation , Power, and Identity in the British Countryside
Inbunden, 1997
1555 kr
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A collection of 11 papers on issues of representation, power and identity within the British countryside. Researchers in this area have looked beyond the ideas of tradition, power, order and conformity, to groups who feel themselves to be marginalized or excluded from the dominant ideologies in the …
California Dreaming
Boosterism, Memory, and Rural Suburbs in the Golden State
Av J. P. Sandul
Häftad, 2014
326 kr
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At the turn of the 20th century, the California dream was a suburban ideal where life on the farm was exceptional. Agrarian virtue existed alongside good roads, social clubs, cultural institutions, and business commerce. The California suburban dream was the ultimate symbol of progress and …
Rural America in a Globalizing World
Problems and Prospects for the 2010's
Av Elizabeth Ransom, Conner Bailey m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
558 kr
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This fourth Rural Sociological Society decennial volume provides advanced policy scholarship on rural North America during the 2010's, closely reflecting upon the increasingly global nature of social, cultural, and economic forces and the impact of neoliberal ideology upon policy, politics, and …
Community Effects of Leadership Development Education
Citizen Empowerment for Civic Engagement
Av Kenneth Pigg, Stephen Gasteyer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
718 kr
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Community leadership development programs are designed to increase the capacity of citizens for civic engagement. These programs fill gaps in what people know about governance and the processes of governance, especially at the local level. The work of many in this field is a response to the …
Community Effects of Leadership Development Education
Citizen Empowerment for Civic Engagement
Av Kenneth Pigg, Stephen Gasteyer m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
359 kr
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Community leadership development programs are designed to increase the capacity of citizens for civic engagement. These programs fill gaps in what people know about governance and the processes of governance, especially at the local level. The work of many in this field is a response to the …
Contradictions of Neoliberal Agri-Food: Corporations, Resistance, and Disasters in Japan
Av Kae Sekine, Alessandro Bonanno
Häftad, 2016
359 kr
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Employing original fieldwork, historical analysis, and sociological theory, Sekine and Bonanno probe how Japan’s food and agriculture sectors have been shaped by the global push toward privatization and corporate power, known in the social science literature as neoliberalism. They also examine …
Governing the Wind Energy Commons
Renewable Energy and Community Development
Av Keith Taylor
Inbunden, 2019
1133 kr
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Wind energy is often framed as a factor in rural economic development, an element of the emerging “green economy” destined to upset the dominant greenhouse- gas-emitting energy industry and deliver conscious capitalism to host communities. The bulk of wind energy firms, however, are subsidiaries of …
Governing the Wind Energy Commons
Renewable Energy and Community Development
Av Keith Taylor
Häftad, 2019
333 kr
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Wind energy is often framed as a factor in rural economic development, an element of the emerging “green economy” destined to upset the dominant greenhouse- gas-emitting energy industry and deliver conscious capitalism to host communities. The bulk of wind energy firms, however, are subsidiaries of …
Learning to Leave
The Irony of Schooling in a Coastal Community
Häftad, 2020
269 kr
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Published with a new preface, this innovative case study from Nova Scotia analyzes the relationship between rural communities and contemporary education. Rather than supporting place-sensitive curricula and establishing networks within community populations, the rural school has too often stood …
Farming for Us All
Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability
Häftad, 2004
470 kr
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It is easy to feel overwhelmed and depressed by all the threats facing modern agriculture—threats to the environment, to the health and safety of our food, to the economic and cultural viability of farmers and rural communities. Hundreds of thousands of farmers leave their farms every year as the …
