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Brill Women, Mobility and Rural Livelihoods in Zimbabwe: Experiences of Fast Track Land Reform
Book SynopsisThis book is based on iterative multi-sited ethnography at Merrivale farm, Tavaka village, and various sites in South Africa. The author reveals how the dynamics generated by fast-track potentially offer new development opportunities – specifically for women. The findings challenge existing expert notions and opinions about women’s rural land use, livelihoods, and rural development. The book examines how negotiations and bargaining by women with family, state, and traditional actors have proved useful in accessing land in Mwenezi district, Zimbabwe. The hidden, complex, and innovative ways adopted by women to access land and shape livelihoods based on transitory mobility are examined. The role of collective action, conflicts, conflict resolution, and women’s agency in overcoming the challenges associated with trading in South Africa are examined within the ambit of the sustainable livelihoods framework, a gendered approach to land reform and social networks analysis.Trade Review'A native Shona speaker, she spent 16 months in the field, including a trip to Pietermaritzburg to visit the farm manager’s wife of a generation ago (the family left years before the land invasions) and market trips to Mozambique and South Africa with the farm women. She asks many pertinent questions and presents a perspective that seems genuinely eager to understand the situation rather than to applaud or condemn ‘fast track’. Her methodological discussion also seems unusually scrupulous and her excellent photographs, including some from the white manager’s family in Rhodesian times, are a plus'. 'Mutopo reminds us above all that the high road is not always the best road for everyone, but where the road that she delineates so clearly and sympathetically is going is not so clear. Yet she is aware of the big questions and that is why this monograph is of particular value'. Bill Freund, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, in Journal of Agrarian Change, Vol. 16, issue 2, pp.358-361Table of ContentsDedication List of Illustrations Acronyms and Terminology Acknowledgements Preface 1 Setting the Research Agenda and the Conceptual Framework 2 Methodology 3 Description of the Study Area 4 The Early Beginnings of Merrivale Farm 5 Merrivale Farm during and after Fast-Track Land Reform, 2000–2010 6 Access to Land and the Shaping of Livelihoods at Tavaka Village, Merrivale 7 Life beyond Merrivale Farm: Preparation for and Trading in South Africa 8 Conclusion References Index
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Brill Exiled Pilgrims: Memoirs of Pre-Cultural Revolution Zhiqing
Book SynopsisExiled Pilgrims contains thirty-two personal accounts by people who, as teenagers, went to rural China in 1964 and 1965. Barred from high school or college by political discrimination, the authors left the cities for the countryside in hopes of redeeming their “original sin” while making a difference in rural China with their hard work, only to find out that their idealism was futile in a mundane world and absurd time. Thus their pilgrimage to an illusory utopia turned into a painful search for truth and a tough struggle to liberate themselves against enormous odds. The book is the first and only collection of stories by members of a once marginalized and heretofore largely unheard-of group in contemporary China. "The stories of these young 'exiled pilgrims' bring the reader uplifting examples of the resilience of the human spirit. Their stories are heart-breaking, but the voice is never cynical, and hope is a constant. Exiled Pilgrims is a treasure." Carole Head, High Point University "The stories compiled here detail the daily life of a strange and fascinating period, always with emotion, often with humor, showing that one can speak about serious things without being dry. Reading this book is an excellent and pleasant way to understand the real China under Mao." Michel Bonnin, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris "These individualized accounts reflect the shining—and somewhat sad—lives of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing. In their stories, the authors not only record their personal experiences, but also provide insightful explanation for the origins, evolution, and impact of such phenomena as the implementation of the class line at schools and the utopian orientation among the Chinese youth in the early and mid-1960s. Together with the valuable photos and rare documents, stories in Exiled Pilgrims give us a fairly comprehensive portrayal of the collective journey of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing." Liu Xiaomeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, BeijingTrade Review"...in his book, Exiled Pilgrims: Memoirs of Pre-Cultural Revolution Zhiqing, Peng Deng, a zhiqing-turned historian in the United States, provides us with touching stories that unveil the experience of 1.3 million youths who went to rural China before the Cultural Revolution thereby rescuing a crucial component of the history of Shangshanxiaxiang (上山下乡/Sending-down or Rustication Campaign) from public oblivion. [...] Deng's Exiled Pilgrims, with original zhiqing narratives, stands out in telling honest truth. [...] Exiled Pilgrims contains precious primary source materials for students of the history of contemporary China before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution. It is also a great reference book for the studies of gender and Chinese society, if students look closely into the different destinies and distinct personal feelings of male and female zhiqing in the stories." Qian Liu, American Review of Chinese Studies, volume 18, no. 1 (Spring 2017) "This book fills a void in the existing literature on China's zhiging experiences and is a must-read for both serious scholars who specialize in China studies and anyone who is interested in learning and understanding the twists and turns in the first thirty years of the PRC's history and overall legacy of the Maoist era." Yi Sun, University of San Diego, Journal of Global South Studies (Spring 2018)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Peng Deng Foreword Michel Bonnin Introduction Peng Deng Part I The Call of Mountains Youth Training School in Chengdu Tang Longqian In Remembrance of Those Long-Gone Years Han Xiu The Road to Xinjiang Dong Danan Between Chongqing and Yunnan He Ying Boarding the Westbound 413 Jin Xiping Friends in Southern Hunan Zhang Jianfu Tales of Camp Harmony Wu Baichun Part II An Illusive Utopia Three “Higher Intellectuals” on Our Farm Song Xiaotao Behind the Clouds Ren Zongjing Grain “Looters” Jiang Xuchu Snow Leopard Pang Tongmin We Were Once All “Hukou Soldiers” Li Zhonggong Unlucky Émigré Shi Ming My Days in Well Pass Ding Yumin Sixth Aunt Wang Yuanling Lost Love in the Daba Mountains Zhang Yiting Part III On the Altar of the Revolution Songs of October Liu Changyi Withered Youth Li Zhongmei The Choice between Life and Death Ma Wenhua Massacre in Nanjiang Yang Xingquan Born to Be Criminals Zhang Mengjie In Those Wintry Days Zhou Bangxian The Fortieth Anniversary of Wang Baiming’s Death Zheng Wendou Part IV The Long Journey Home My Twelve Years as a Zhiqing Wang Shiyan Teacher Qin Wang Lingfu Ten Years in Dragon Spring Wan Xiaonong Self-Taught Doctor from the Mountains Li Wei My Dream of College Jiang Shuling Troublesome Personal Data Form Xia Xianzheng The Ordeal of Job Hunting Zhao Minghe Disability Certification Li Suhua The Long Way Home Li Zisen My Father Deng Yuanshu Appendixes Appendix 1 Directive Concerning the Political Evaluation of High School and Middle School Students in Chongqing Municipality in 1964 Appendix 2 Political Evaluation Criteria for Admissions by Non-Special Fields of Study in Colleges Appendix 3 Political Evaluation Criteria for Admissions by Secondary Schools Glossary
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Brill Exiled Pilgrims: Memoirs of Pre-Cultural Revolution Zhiqing
Book SynopsisExiled Pilgrims contains thirty-two personal accounts by people who, as teenagers, went to rural China in 1964 and 1965. Barred from high school or college by political discrimination, the authors left the cities for the countryside in hopes of redeeming their “original sin” while making a difference in rural China with their hard work, only to find out that their idealism was futile in a mundane world and absurd time. Thus their pilgrimage to an illusory utopia turned into a painful search for truth and a tough struggle to liberate themselves against enormous odds. The book is the first and only collection of stories by members of a once marginalized and heretofore largely unheard-of group in contemporary China. "The stories of these young 'exiled pilgrims' bring the reader uplifting examples of the resilience of the human spirit. Their stories are heart-breaking, but the voice is never cynical, and hope is a constant. Exiled Pilgrims is a treasure." Carole Head, High Point University "The stories compiled here detail the daily life of a strange and fascinating period, always with emotion, often with humor, showing that one can speak about serious things without being dry. Reading this book is an excellent and pleasant way to understand the real China under Mao." Michel Bonnin, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris "These individualized accounts reflect the shining—and somewhat sad—lives of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing. In their stories, the authors not only record their personal experiences, but also provide insightful explanation for the origins, evolution, and impact of such phenomena as the implementation of the class line at schools and the utopian orientation among the Chinese youth in the early and mid-1960s. Together with the valuable photos and rare documents, stories in Exiled Pilgrims give us a fairly comprehensive portrayal of the collective journey of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing." Liu Xiaomeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, BeijingTrade Review"...in his book, Exiled Pilgrims: Memoirs of Pre-Cultural Revolution Zhiqing, Peng Deng, a zhiqing-turned historian in the United States, provides us with touching stories that unveil the experience of 1.3 million youths who went to rural China before the Cultural Revolution thereby rescuing a crucial component of the history of Shangshanxiaxiang (上山下乡/Sending-down or Rustication Campaign) from public oblivion. [...] Deng's Exiled Pilgrims, with original zhiqing narratives, stands out in telling honest truth. [...] Exiled Pilgrims contains precious primary source materials for students of the history of contemporary China before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution. It is also a great reference book for the studies of gender and Chinese society, if students look closely into the different destinies and distinct personal feelings of male and female zhiqing in the stories." Qian Liu, American Review of Chinese Studies, volume 18, no. 1 (Spring 2017)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Peng Deng Foreword Michel Bonnin Introduction Peng Deng Part I The Call of Mountains Youth Training School in Chengdu Tang Longqian In Remembrance of Those Long-Gone Years Han Xiu The Road to Xinjiang Dong Danan Between Chongqing and Yunnan He Ying Boarding the Westbound 413 Jin Xiping Friends in Southern Hunan Zhang Jianfu Tales of Camp Harmony Wu Baichun Part II An Illusive Utopia Three “Higher Intellectuals” on Our Farm Song Xiaotao Behind the Clouds Ren Zongjing Grain “Looters” Jiang Xuchu Snow Leopard Pang Tongmin We Were Once All “Hukou Soldiers” Li Zhonggong Unlucky Émigré Shi Ming My Days in Well Pass Ding Yumin Sixth Aunt Wang Yuanling Lost Love in the Daba Mountains Zhang Yiting Part III On the Altar of the Revolution Songs of October Liu Changyi Withered Youth Li Zhongmei The Choice between Life and Death Ma Wenhua Massacre in Nanjiang Yang Xingquan Born to Be Criminals Zhang Mengjie In Those Wintry Days Zhou Bangxian The Fortieth Anniversary of Wang Baiming’s Death Zheng Wendou Part IV The Long Journey Home My Twelve Years as a Zhiqing Wang Shiyan Teacher Qin Wang Lingfu Ten Years in Dragon Spring Wan Xiaonong Self-Taught Doctor from the Mountains Li Wei My Dream of College Jiang Shuling Troublesome Personal Data Form Xia Xianzheng The Ordeal of Job Hunting Zhao Minghe Disability Certification Li Suhua The Long Way Home Li Zisen My Father Deng Yuanshu Appendixes Appendix 1 Directive Concerning the Political Evaluation of High School and Middle School Students in Chongqing Municipality in 1964 Appendix 2 Political Evaluation Criteria for Admissions by Non-Special Fields of Study in Colleges Appendix 3 Political Evaluation Criteria for Admissions by Secondary Schools Glossary
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Brill Rashda: The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village
Book SynopsisRashda:The Birth and Growth of an Egyptian Oasis Village is an interdisciplinary study from a multi-perspective, using various kinds of data and information. It offers a comprehensive description of Rashda, a village in Dakhla Oasis in Egypt from its beginning to the present. Key concepts are the uncertainty of the water supply, the dependence on the political regime and the rational behaviour of individuals. The villagers of Rashda have dealt with the difficult natural circumstances by creating the local customs of irrigation and cultivation. The development of village recently depends ever more on the government, as long as large amounts of finance and superior technology are necessary to dig deeper wells to secure water for cultivation.Table of ContentsPreface Transliteration of Arabic Introduction Scope of the Research Methodology and Data Part 1 Dakhla Oasis 1 Islands of the Blessed Islands in the Sand Dakhla Oasis in the Administration of Modern Egypt Column ① Egypt from the Periphery 2 Conditions of Natural and Human Resources Climate and Hydrogeology Demographic Trends Water, Population and Land Use 3 Family Structure Analytical Framework Household Structures in the Nationwide Surveys Household Structures and Family in 19 Villages Family Structures in Four Survey Villages 4 Social Economy Social and Economic Structures in Egypt Regional Categorization of Social and Economic Structures Viewing 19 Villages using Basic Indicators Personalities of the 19 Villages Part 2 Rashda in History 5 Formation of Rashda Rashda at the End of the 18th Century Rashda as a Field Rashda as a Settlement Landscape of “Old” Rashda 6 Development of Rashda Independence of Rashda from Qalamun Formation of the “New” Rashda Expansion of the Village Space Column ② Rashda Village Cemetery 7 A Society Based on Water Uncertainty of Water Supply State Intervention in Water Affairs A Society Controlled by Water A Society Based on Water Sharing Part 3 Rashda Today 8 Rashda as a Community Location and Administration Residential Space in Rashda Public Services in Rashda Services Provided by the Villagers 9 Family Structure in Rashda Household Structure in 1861 Household and Family Structure in Rashda in 2005 Families in Rashda across 150 Years Column ③ Family Tree 10 Wells and Irrigation Wells and Springs Development of Wells Water Distribution Column ④ Bir Majnun District 11 Agriculture and Household Economies Agriculture in Household Economies Crop and Livestock Market in Household Economies Part 4 Community in Well No. 3 Irrigation District 12 Irrigation District Categories of Irrigation District Bir Sheykh (Local Well) Irrigation District Investment Well No. 51 District Saada (Surface Spring) District 13 Society of Well No. 3 Irrigation District History of Well No. 3 Irrigation District Irrigation Management System Crop Rotation System 14 Social Relations of Well No. 3 Irrigation District An Irrigation District Formed by Government Policy Family as an Institution of Landholding and Management Agricultural Co-operation between Farmers Conclusion Three Factors for Analysis A Society Embedded in Water Management List of Illustrations Select Bibliography Explanatory Glossary
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Brill Droit musulman et société au Sahara prémoderne: La justice islamique dans les oasis du Grand Touat (Algérie) aux XVIIe – XIXe siècles
Book SynopsisDans Droit musulman et société au Sahara prémoderne, Ismail Warscheid reconstitue la pratique du droit musulman dans les oasis du Grand Touat en Algérie entre le XVIIe et le XIXe siècles. In Droit musulman et société au Sahara prémoderne, Ismail Warscheid investigates the practice of Islamic law in the oasis of Tuwāt in southern Algeria between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.Trade Review[...] 'Warscheid a [...] pertinemment construit ses questions (d’ensemble aussi bien que dans chaque chapitre) dans l’interaction avec les chercheurs de différents champs des sciences sociales et réussi à se positionner dans les débats qui les agitent, rendant la lecture de son ouvrage, non seulement agréable, mais aussi hautement instructive, et pas seulement pour les novices de ce terrain. [...] cette recherche est une belle démonstration de la non pertinence des oppositions villes/campagnes, cités/tribus ou sociétés orales/sociétés de l’écrit. [...] Warscheid, de la sorte, nous invite à tester ses résultats au coeur des cités-capitales, ce qui est un vaste champ de recherche qui s’ouvre pour tous les chercheurs'. Sami Bargaoui, Manouba University, Tunisia, in Journal of the American Oriental Society (2020), 140.1, pp 233-235 [...]There are few if any studies of pre-modern Saharan society that have in this way combined Islamic scholarship and social history. Warscheid’s book will become required reading for anyone interested in the history of the Sahara, and should also be central as a comparative case study for those working on Islamic law, scholarship and society south of the desert.[...] Knut S. Vikør, in Cahiers d’études africaines 236 (2019)Table of ContentsRemerciements Note sur la transcription et les abréviations Introduction Les traditions savantes du Sahara Le droit comme agent d’acculturation Les ksour du Grand Touat L’oubli de l’héritage littéraire Les sources Structure du livre Chapitre I L’émergence d’une cité musulmane au Sahara Les oulémas de Tamentit Des migrations internes L’essor d’une érudition vernaculaire La quête de références savantes Chapitre II Entre mémoire lettrée et vécu institutionnel : la compilation de nawāzil aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles L’essor d’un genre La mémoire du corps Rassembler ce qui est dispersé Les juristes ksouriens et la « grande Tradition » La constitution d’une mémoire institutionnelle Un instrument de travail Chapitre III Justice et justiciables en terre ksourienne Un dialogue institutionnel Les cadis oasiens L’ombre du Makhzen Des accords fragiles L’ambiguïté de la figure du juge Un climat litigieux Un jardin au Gourara Un champ d’affrontement Chapitre IV Autopsie d’un regard normatif : la pratique de l’iftāʾ Droit et morale Le rappel de la procédure Une dispute entre doctes Le mufti et son cadi Une confraternité conflictuelle Chapitre V Les ksouriens et leurs magistrats La légitimation de l’assemblée communautaire La jamāʿa comme justiciable Jugement, compromis et médiation sociale Le rôle des notables dans les procédures judiciaires Des agents de jonction Chapitre VI Ce que coutume veut dire au Grand Touat Traduire l’universel, déchiffrer le local Une souplesse circonstanciée Chapitre VII Au prétoire : les séances judiciaires en milieu oasien Un procès L’admissibilité des témoins Une litigiosité scripturaire L’ambiguïté de l’écrit L’espace judiciaire comme lieu d’acculturation Chapitre VIII Un lieu de recours ambigu Les ksouriennes et la circulation de la propriété L’ambiguïté des outils juridiques Deux pôles d’autorité sociale Le cycle de la vie au miroir du droit L’affirmation de l’autorité paternelle Lien conjugal et recours judiciaires Une ambivalence insoluble Conclusion Cartes Bibliographie Index général
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Brill Educating for Social Justice: Field Notes from Rural Communities
Book SynopsisIn Educating for Social Justice: Field Notes from Rural Communities, educators from across the United States offer their experiences engaging in rural, place-based social justice education. With education settings ranging from university campuses in Georgia to small villages in New Mexico, each chapter details the stories of teaching and learning within the often-overlooked rural areas of the United States. Attempting to highlight the experiences of rural educators, this text explores the triumphs, challenges, and hopes of teachers who strive to implement justice pedagogy in their rural settings. Contributors are: Carey E. Andrzejewski, Hannah Carson Baggett, Sarah N. Baquet, T. Jameson Brewer, Brianna Brown, Christian D. Chan, Elizabeth Churape-García, Jason Collins, María Isabel Cortés-Zamora, Jacqueline Daniel, Joanna Davis-McElligatt, Katy Farber, Derek R. Ford, Sheri C. Hardee, Jehan Hill, Lynn Liao Hodge, Renee C. Howells, Adam W. Jordan, Rosann Kent, Shea N. Kerkhoff, Jeffery B. Knapp, Peggy Larrick, Leni Marshall, Kelly L. McFaden, Morgan Moore, Kaitlinn Morin, Nora Nuñez-Gonzalez, Daniel Paulson, Emma Redden, Angela Redondo, Gregory Samuels, Hiller Spires, Ashley Walther, Serena M. Wilcox, Madison Wolter, and Sharon Wright.
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Brill Educating for Social Justice: Field Notes from Rural Communities
Book SynopsisIn Educating for Social Justice: Field Notes from Rural Communities, educators from across the United States offer their experiences engaging in rural, place-based social justice education. With education settings ranging from university campuses in Georgia to small villages in New Mexico, each chapter details the stories of teaching and learning within the often-overlooked rural areas of the United States. Attempting to highlight the experiences of rural educators, this text explores the triumphs, challenges, and hopes of teachers who strive to implement justice pedagogy in their rural settings. Contributors are: Carey E. Andrzejewski, Hannah Carson Baggett, Sarah N. Baquet, T. Jameson Brewer, Brianna Brown, Christian D. Chan, Elizabeth Churape-García, Jason Collins, María Isabel Cortés-Zamora, Jacqueline Daniel, Joanna Davis-McElligatt, Katy Farber, Derek R. Ford, Sheri C. Hardee, Jehan Hill, Lynn Liao Hodge, Renee C. Howells, Adam W. Jordan, Rosann Kent, Shea N. Kerkhoff, Jeffery B. Knapp, Peggy Larrick, Leni Marshall, Kelly L. McFaden, Morgan Moore, Kaitlinn Morin, Nora Nuñez-Gonzalez, Daniel Paulson, Emma Redden, Angela Redondo, Gregory Samuels, Hiller Spires, Ashley Walther, Serena M. Wilcox, Madison Wolter, and Sharon Wright.
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Brill Women and Gender in a Lebanese Village: Generations of Change
Book SynopsisIn Women and Gender in a Lebanese Village: Generations of Change, Nancy W. Jabbra addresses change in women's and gender roles in a village in Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Employing ethnographic methods and secondary sources, she explores that change from the post-World War II period to the early twenty-first century. The topics of geography and power, family and kinship, education and work, community solidarity, ritual and symbolism, and consideration of the future comprise the substantive part of her monograph. This work is a much-needed comprehensive treatment of women in a contemporary Arab Christian rural community.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Al-Firzul in Context 1 Before the Nineteenth Century 2 The Nineteenth Century to the End of World War I 3 Post World War I to World War II 4 World War II 5 The Post-World War II Period 6 The Village during the 1970s 7 The Civil War 8 After the Civil War: The 1990s 9 The 2000s 10 Conclusion 3 Women, Gender, and Families 1 Kinship and Residence 2 Views about Marriage 3 Finding a Spouse 4 Age at Marriage 5 Family Structure and Size 6 Conclusion 4 Women, Education, and Work 1 Education 2 Work 3 Summary and Conclusion 5 Gender and Community 1 Kinship 2 Organizations 3 Governance and Institutions 4 The Internet 5 Summary and Conclusion 6 Gender Symbolism in Ritual 1 Origins of First Communion in al-Firzul 2 First Communion in 1973 3 Post-Civil War First Communion Observance 4 Weddings in 1972–1973 5 Weddings Post-Civil War 6 Funerals in the 1970s 7 Funerals Post-Civil War 8 Women’s Practice of Vernacular Religion: Subverting the Gender Hierarchy 9 Conclusion 7 Conclusion 1 Summary 2 Some Portraits: A Glimpse of the Future? References
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Brill On Rural Society and Village Governance in Contemporary China
Book SynopsisThe rapid marketization of rural labor, agricultural products, and land has dramatically reshaped village life and its structures of governance. This volume, edited by Alexander F. Day, collects twelve key essays translated from Chinese on this transformation of rural society and governance over the past 20 years. These essays, originally published in the leading Chinese-language journal Open Times (开放时代), cover class differentiation, the atomization of rural society, the hollowing out of rural governance, land transfer, rural activism against marketization, lineage politics, the role of agricultural cooperatives, the transformation of small peasant farmers into wage labor, and the disintegration and expansion of peasant petitioning, all exploring the transformation in rural China during the post-socialist era.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Capitalist Agrarian Change and Rural Society Alexander F. Day 1 On the Involution of Rural Governance: a Study of K Town in Henan He Xuefeng (贺雪峰) Translated by Shayan Momin 2 The Multilayered Instrumental Mode of Association in Modern Rural China’s Social Integration Based on Field Research from Qiao Village Tan Tongxue (谭同学) Translated by Heather Mowbray 3 Organizational Intervention or Individually-Led Transfer Research on the Effects of Peasant Land-Management Rights and Transfer Behavior—Research Based on 1,025 Rural Household Transfers’ Rent Price and Degree of Satisfaction Fu Zhenqi (付振奇) and Chen Shuyun (陈淑云) Translated by Kristopher W. Pickett 4 Reflections on a Decade in the New Rural Reconstruction Movement: the Case of Kaifeng He Huili (何慧丽), Cheng Xiaorui (程晓蕊) and Zong Shifa (宗世法) Translated by Matthew A. Hale 5 Paths of Lineage Group Participation in Village Politics Jin Taijun (金太军) and Wang Junyang (王军洋) Translated by Matthew A. Hale and Phil A. Neel 6 Rural Marketization and the Rise of the Middle Class: a Survey of Chetou Township in Southern Jiangxi Province Chen Baifeng (陈柏峰) Translated by Heather Mowbray 7 Capital Goes Down to the Countryside: Hidden Wage Relations and Capitalist Accumulation in Agriculture Chen Yiyuan (陈义媛) Translated by Matthew A. Hale 8 Peasant Mobility and Social Stratification in the Jianghan Plain: 1981–2010—An Investigation of Shuguang Village in Hebei Province Lin Huihuang (林辉煌) Translated by Kristopher W. Pickett 9 The “Middleman + Peasant” Model and Semi-Proletarianization Wu Guanghan (武广汉) Translated by Matthew A. Hale 10 From Rights Protection to Turning a Profit: a Logical Framework for Peasants’ Changing Protest Actions Tian Xianhong (田先红) Translated by Heather Mowbray 11 Rural Administrative Power and Classificatory Governance: a Paradigm Shift in Peasant Petition Research Shen Duanfeng (申端锋) Translated by Kristopher W. Pickett 12 Reestablishing Petitioning Politics: Overcoming the State’s Petitioning Dilemma Liu Zhengqiang (刘正强) Translated by Emily Hrivnak Cipriani Index
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Little, Brown & Company Fragile Neighborhoods
Book SynopsisAn essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation, starting with the places we call home (Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class)The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of security and belonging, and even how long we live.Yet too many of us live in neighborhoods plagued by rising crime, school violence, family disintegration, addiction, alienation, and despair. Even the wealthiest neighborhoods are not immune; while poverty exacerbates these challenges, they exist in zip codes rich and poor, rural and urban, and everything in between.In Fragile Neighborhoods, fragile states expert Seth D. Kaplan offers a bold new vision for addressing social decline in America, one zip code at a time. By rev
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Rural Critical Essays in Human Geography
Book SynopsisThe rural has long been regarded as an important site of geographical inquiry even if our understanding of it has not always been treated as conceptually different from the urban. That said, rural research has pursued a number of distinct empirical agendas ranging from the operation and impacts of agribusiness, to local resistance to global food supply chains, to differing representations of the rural. In doing so, rural geographers have critically examined the relevance and significance of ideas drawn from numerous traditions including political economy, ecological modernization and cultural theory, amending them as appropriate, in their search to understand the nature and trajectory of rural areas. Up until the 1980s, attention remained largely focused upon agriculture as the primary land-use but increasingly new forms of rural consumption - housing, recreation, nature conservation - have taken centre stage as the primacy of local agricultures has been undermined by reduced state proTrade Review'...it is handy to have a collection of useful papers in one place, in easy reach for quick reference.' Area (Journal of RGS with Institute of British Geographers)Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Agriculture and Food: The new industrial agriculture: the regional integration of speciality crop production, Margaret FitzSimmons; Towards a political economy of capitalist agriculture: a British perspective, Terry Marsden, Richard Munton, Sarah Whatmore and Jo Little; Food and fibre production under capitalism: a conceptual agenda, Richard Le Heron; Recasting the 'agrarian question' the reproduction of family farming in the Southern High Plains, Rebecca Roberts; The social construction of international food: a new research agenda, A. Arce and T.K. Marsden; Quality, nature and embeddedness: some theoretical considerations in the context of the food sector, Jonathan Murdoch, Terry Marsden and Jo Banks; Agro-food studies in the 'age of ecology': nature corporeality, bio-politics, David Goodman; Shifting plates in the agrifood landscape: the tectonics of alternative agrifood initiatives in California, Patricia Allen, Margaret FitzSimmons, Michael Goodman and Keith Warner; Making re-connections in agro-food geography: alternative systems of food provision, D. Watts, B. Ilbery and D. Maye; Post-productivism and rural land use: cul de sac or challenge for theorization?, Alexander S. Mather, Gary Hill and Maria Nijnik; Rural development: from practices and policies towards theory, Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Henk Renting, Gianluca Brunori, Karlheinz Knickel, Joe Mannion, Terry Marsden, Kees de Roest, Eduardo Sevilla-Guzmán and Flaminia Ventura. Part II The Rural: Locality and rurality: the restructuring of rural social relations, Howard Newby; An index of rurality for England and Wales, Paul J. Cloke; Locality and social representation: space discourse and alternative definitions of the rural, K.H. Halfacree; Conceptualizing countryside change: from post-Fordism to rural structured coherence, Paul Cloke and Mark Goodwin; Neglected rural geographies: a review, Chris Philo; Rural studies: modernism, post-modernism and the 'post-rural', Jonathan Murdoch and Andy C. Pratt; Country backwater to virtual village? Rural studies and 'the cultural turn', Paul Cloke; Agricultural turns, geographical turns: retrospect and prospect, Carol Morris and Nick Evans; Making sense of counterurbanization, Clare J.A. Mitchell; Middle-class territory? Some remarks on the use of class analysis in rural studies, J. Murdoch; New energies for an old idea: reworking approaches to 'community' in contemporary rural studies, Ruth Liepins. Part III Regulation, Rural Governance and Development: Policy, planning and the state in rural localities, Paul Cloke and Jo Little; The governance of rural areas: some emerging research issues and agendas, Mark Goodwin; Deconstructing rural protest: the emergence of a new social movement, Michael Woods; Family farmers, real regulation and the experience of food regimes, Warren Moran, Greg Blunden, Martin Workman and Adrian Bradly; The state, rural environments and globalisation: 'action at a distance' via the Australian landcare program, S. Lockie; Roll-out neo-liberalism and hybrid practices of regulation in Australian agri-environmental governance, Stewart Lockie and Vaughan Higgins; 'Power in place': viticultural spatialities of globalization and community empowerment in the Languedoc, Alun Jones; Keeping matter in its place: pollution regulation and the reconfiguring of farmers and farming, N. Ward, J. Clark, P. Lowe and S. Seymour; The quest for ecological modernisation: re-spacing rural development and agri-food studies, Terry Marsden; Name Index.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf
Book SynopsisAlanoud al-Sharekh is the Director of Ibtkar Strategic Consultancy leading political, leadership and diversity training programs in Kuwait and the GCC region. She is chairperson of the Chaillot award winning Abolish 153 campaign to end honor killing legislations, and a cofounder of Mudhawis List, a platform to support women running for political office. Her research won the Arab Prize for best publication in a foreign journal in 2014, and includes books such as The Gulf Family, and Popular and Political Cultures of the Arabian Gulf States, examining the persistent importance of family and tribe in modern Gulf politics and society. She is currently a MENA Fellow at Chatham House and a Research Fellow at AGISW.Courtney Freer is Assistant Research Fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Rentier Islamism: The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gulf Monarchies (2018).Trade ReviewInsightfully ... the book presents a historical, conceptual and digital understanding of tribal mechanisms in these states and represents an outstanding contribution to Gulf studies. * International Affairs *This book is essential for a meaningful understanding of the prevailing political, social and economic conditions of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. An admirable contribution to the literature that will stand the test of time. -- Hossein G. Askari, Iran Professor of International Business and International Affairs, The George Washington University, USAA richly nuanced study of the changing relations of tribe and state in the Arabian Peninsula. The authors pose a fresh challenge to the prominent notion that the rentier state has significantly limited the role of independent actors, and especially tribes, in contributing to national identity formation in the Gulf region. A most welcome contribution that will attract the interest of scholars working across the social sciences. -- Philip S. Khoury, Ford International Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAConcentrating on the impact of tribes in the three Gulf states with high income and small national populations, Freer and Alsharekh ably explain tribal importance in badu identity, electoral politics, and their continuing sociopolitical role -- J.E. Peterson, historian and political analystTable of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Historical Relationship between Badu and Monarchies Chapter Three: Heritage Production and Branding of the Modern Badu in State Formation Chapter Four: The Social Evolution of the Tribe Chapter Five: Tribalisation of traditionally non-tribal actors and future impact of the resurgence of tribal rhetoric Chapter Six: Electoral Tribalism Chapter Seven: Tribal Intersections in the Digital Age Chapter Eight: Conclusion
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University of Regina Press Eroding a Way of Life
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Little, Brown & Company Reunited on Dragonfly Lane: Includes a bonus
Book SynopsisAnything is paws-ible with this furry matchmaker!Boutique owner Sophie Daniels certainly isn't looking to adopt a dog the day veterinarian Chase Lewis convinces her to take in Comet. A rambunctious puppy with a broken leg may not be the best choice for a first-time pet owner. And house calls from the handsome doctor - her high school sweetheart who's just moved back to Sweetwater Springs -may not be the best choice for her heart either.Chase has come home to help his nephew but finds that he's forgotten just how much he enjoys small-town life. However, sooner or later, he's going to have to face the past and his unresolved feelings for Sophie. Now that Comet needs both their help, Chase is going to let the four-legged matchmaker work his canine magic. Then Chase will prove to Sophie that first love is even better the second time around.Includes the bonus novella A Wedding on Lavender Hill!
£7.99
Little, Brown & Company A Mother's Promise
Book SynopsisA debut historical novel based on the true story of a young woman in 1920s Virginia fighting to reclaim the daughter she was forced to give up, a case that culminated in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision.Virginia, 1924. Ruth Ann Riley is 17 years old when she gives birth to a baby girl. Unwed and under-educated, she's deemed "feeble-minded" -- just like her own mother -- and sent to live in a state-run institution where the doctors decide she must be sterilized "for the greater good." But Ruth Ann won't give up her baby Annabel or the hope of future children without a fight, even though her hardscrabble life and sixth-grade education have in no way prepared her to take on the Supreme Court of the United States. As Ruth Ann comes of age in a daunting world and struggles with secrets and scandals in her past, she finds unexpected allies, friendship and the possibility of love in the most unlikely of places. K.D. Alden weaves a harrowing and ultimately uplifting story based on a true American court case that had global ramifications. A reading group guide includes discussion questions, an author essay, and text from the actual historical documents of the case.
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University of Iowa Press A Peculiar People: Iowa's Old Order Amish
Book SynopsisNow back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state's most distinctive religious minority. Sociologist Elmer Schwieder and historian Dorothy Schwieder began their research with the largest group of Old Order Amish in the state in April 1970; they extended their studies and friendships in later years to other Old Order settlements as well as the slightly less conservative Beachy Amish. ""A Peculiar People"" explores the origin and growth of the Old Order Amish in Iowa, their religious practices, economic organization, family life, the formation of new communities, and the vital issue of education. Thomas Morain's new essay describes issues for the Iowa Amish from the 1970s to today. The growth of utopian Amish communities across the nation, changes in occupation, the current state of education and health care, and the conscious balance between modern and traditional ways are reflected in an essay that describes how the Old Order dedication to Gelassenheit - the yielding of self to the interests of the larger community - has served its members well into the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewAn excellent inventory of the life and customs of today's Iowa Amish and probably the best book ever done on the faith in the Midwest. - Des Moines Register
£999.99
Africa World Press Mending The Broken Pieces: Indigenous Religion
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the role of Africa's religio-cultural traditions in the continent's development.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living
Book SynopsisInspiring stories of 10 urbanites who decided to ?the simple life? in the rural mountains of Japan?for anyone interested in sustainable living, Japanese culture, and Eastern spirituality. ?Subversive in the best possible way.? ?Bill McKibben, New York Times?bestselling author The Abundance of Less captures the texture of sustainable lives well lived in these 10 profiles of ordinary?yet exceptional?men and women who left behind mainstream existences in urban Japan to live surrounded by the luxuries of nature, art, friends, delicious food, and an abundance of time. Drawing on traditional Eastern spiritual wisdom and culture, these pioneers describe the profound personal transformations they underwent as they escaped the stress, consumerism, busyness, and dependence on technology of modern life. This intimate and evocative book tells of their fulfilling lives as artists, philosophers, and farmers who rely on themselves for happiness and sustenance. By inviting readers to enter into the essence of these individuals? days, Couturier shows us how we too can bring more meaning and richness to our own lives.
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Rizzoli International Publications Pitchfork Pulpit
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Forever England: The Countryside at War 1914-1918
Book SynopsisWhen war broke out in 1914 conscription seemed unnecessary; there was no shortage of volunteers ready to lay down their lives for England. In this book Caroline Dakers explores exactly what 'England' meant to the men and women who fought, died, survived. She suggests that, with a little subliminal help from literature, art and propaganda, the British volunteer, whether factory worker, farm hand or public school boy, felt that he was fighting for a vision of 'old England' - village, church, meadow and carthorse, rather than city, factory, commerce and motor car. Drawing on a wide range of unpublished papers and family archives, Dakers recreates the world of the countryside at war, through chapters on agriculture (literally 'the home front'), and life and death in the manor house, vicarage, school and farm. And while all this was being fought for, the French countryside was being smashed into a quagmire. This is the most complete picture yet of the impact of the World War I on rural England; a war which, if only in the ubiquitous village war memorials, still reverberates today.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction Over by Christmas Writers and Artists in the Countryside In the Manor House In the Village On the Farm: The Fight for Food In Foreign Fields Aftermath: The Countryside at Peace References Bibliography Inde
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Orion Publishing Co All Fired Up: Tales of a Country Fireman
Book SynopsisA unique and gloriously nostalgic account of one eventful year in the fire service for readers who loved books such as CALL THE MIDWIFE and TRUST ME, I'M A VET and the brand new ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL.Nothing about the county fire service was quite what Malcolm expected when he joined the watch in Shrewsbury. As the newest member of the service he was first in line when swans terrorised the high street - and when a flock of owls got stuck on the roof of his local pub. Eighteen years old and more than ready to rush into burning buildings to save fair damsels in distress, young Malcolm soon realised he was more likely to be jumping into slurry pits and rivers to rescue any number of unfortunate animals. But for all the embarrassing situations Malcolm found himself in there were heart-stopping dramas too - and tragic farm and house fires. As he learns on the job and begins to win the respect of the old-timers, Malcolm starts to feel that maybe, one day, he just might make it as a fireman. But first he has to catch the eye of the smiley secretary in the office opposite the station ... Funny, moving and gloriously nostalgic, All Fired Up paints a unique portrait of rural Britain - and shows just how surprising a fireman's life can be.Trade ReviewHumorous and surprising in equal measure. Hilarious * DAILY EXPRESS *A hugely interesting read, one of those books that you finish and want more. It captures the camaraderie of the crews, their banter and humour and recall some of the more memorable call-outs, some tragic but others the stuff of lasting anecdotes * SHROPSHIRE STAR *
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The Lilliput Press Ltd All The Spangled Host
Book SynopsisIn this lyrical and compelling collection of tales of the quotidian, John A. Ryan paints a sincere picture of Ireland, it’s environment and people. His delicate awareness of the world around him is reflected in every paragraph of these poetic and contemplative pieces. Each is infused with a sense of mindfulness, slowness and the almost divine nature of the small and the commonplace, reminding the reader of the sacredness of life at the heart of the universe. Some of these twenty prose pieces, scattered across rural and small-town Ireland, France and the Mediterranean littoral, have already appeared in the pages of the Irish Press. Most are hitherto unseen. They partake of Benedict Kiely, Donal Ryan and the deep traditions of Irish traditional rural literature.Trade ReviewRyan ‘is an apostle of nature, possessed of a poet’s sensitivity … his stories have a directness and simplicity that remind me of certain songs by Neil Young.’
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Edinburgh University Press Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances:
Book SynopsisWinner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable homicide for his treatment of the Highlanders of Strathnaver, the most northerly part of the Scottish highlands. In the process of evicting them from their ancient lands he had allegedly burnt houses, destroyed mills and wrecked pastures. There is perhaps no more hated nor reviled individual in Highland history. This outstanding new book, however, gives a balanced assessment of the man, a vivid account of a terrible episode in Highland history, and a riveting narration of a tormented life. Richard's book is an account of Sellar's life and times: that he was ruthless, avaricious, devious and cruel is beyond question. But his letters suggest a streak of idealism: did he really believe that the displaced highlanders would be better off, better fed, educated and housed in their new homes? Have the Highlands in the end become more productive and prosperous? In the course of his fast-moving and gripping account, Eric Richards looks carefully at these vexed questions.Trade ReviewPatrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances, Eric Richards' excellent, very fully documented study of the man, helps us to understand him much better...We need to be honest about Scotland in relation to imperialism, Eric Richards' subtle, imposing and highly readable book is of great service in this direction. Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances, Eric Richards' excellent, very fully documented study of the man, helps us to understand him much better...We need to be honest about Scotland in relation to imperialism, Eric Richards' subtle, imposing and highly readable book is of great service in this direction.
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Association for Scottish Literary Studies Traditional Tales
Book SynopsisAllan Cunningham''s Traditional Tales is a selection of folk stories steeped in the traditions and popular literature of southern Scotland and northern England. Originally published in 1822, this was one of the earliest collections of folktales ever produced in Britain. Operating within the debateable land between fact and fancy, mixing the natural and supernatural, they blur the distinction between the oral traditions of the distant past and emerging ideas of literature and modernity. Cunningham''s Traditional Tales form an essential part of folkloric history, as well as being fascinating stories in their own right.
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University of Hertfordshire Press Custom and Commercialisation in English Rural
Book SynopsisEnglish rural society underwent fundamental changes between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries with urbanization, commercialization and industrialization producing new challenges and opportunities for inhabitants of rural communities. However, our understanding of this period has been shaped by the compartmentalization of history into medieval and early-modern specialisms and by the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism and landlord-tenant relations. Inspired by the classic works of Tawney and Postan, this collection of essays examines their relevance to historians today, distinguishing between their contrasting approaches to the pre-industrial economy and exploring the development of agriculture and rural industry; changes in land and property rights; and competition over resources in the English countryside.Table of Contents1. Tawney and Postan: Two Pathways to Understanding the Pre-Industrial Economy by Christopher Dyer2. Rural Industry and the Peasant Agrarian Economy: A Study of the Iron Industry in Medieval England by Alexandra Sapoznik3. English Agrarian Structures in a European Context, 1300-1925 by John Broad4. Farming the Kentish Marshlands: Continuity and Change in the late Middle Ages by Sheila Sweetinburgh5. 'The Struggle for the Commons': Commons, Custom and Cottages in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by James P. Bowen6. The Economics of Shipwreck in Late-Medieval Suffolk by Tom Johnson7. Custom and Competition for Woodland Resources in Early-Modern High and Low Furness, Lancashire by William D. Shannon8. Custom, Common Right and Commercialisation in the Forest of Dean, c.1605-1640 by Simon Sandall9. A Money Economy? Provisioning Durham Cathedral across the Dissolution, 1350-1600 by A. T. Brown10. Elizabethan Entrepreneurs: Three Clothiers of the Frome valley, 1550-1600 by John Gaisford11. 'The Fellowship of the Town': Constituting the Commonality of an English Town, Cirencester, c.1200-1800 by David RollisonAfterword by Andy Wood
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Merlin Unwin Books The WI Country Woman's Year 1960
Book SynopsisNearly 60 years ago, the WI handbook for country women teaches, through the seasons, the delights of cider-making, indoor bulb-planting, smocking, butter-making, cooking with home-grown herbs, public speaking, wall-papering, Durham quilting and more. How much times have changed for women, but how much we have forgotten!
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University of Hertfordshire Press Communities in Contrast: Doncaster and its rural
Book SynopsisThis book investigates what a case study of a northern market town and its rural hinterland can tell us about village differentiation, exploring how and why rural communities developed in what was chiefly an industrial region and, notably, how the relationship between town and country influenced rural communities. It looks at six villages close to Doncaster - Sprotbrough, Warmsworth, Rossington, Fishlake, Stainforth and Braithwell - chosen to represent the diversity of landownership and land type of the Doncaster district. Rural communities, and more specifically the development of English villages, have proved fertile ground for historians. This book makes an original contribution to these debates. In particular, it engages with existing models of village typology, suggesting that not only are they too restrictive to account for nuanced differences, but also that they fail to acknowledge the importance of the relationships between rural communities and between town and country. Following Sarah Holland’s detailed research into different aspects of rural communities, the book offers new perspectives on how rural communities in close proximity developed, often differently, during the mid nineteenth century. Themes looked at in detail include living and working conditions, agriculture and industry, religion and education, and through these Holland considers existing theories of village typology, before setting out her ideas regarding social hierarchies, spheres of influence and agency, which combine to create complex patterns of differentiation. Communities in Contrast will appeal to all those interested in rural life and economy in the nineteenth century, the relationship between town and country, as well as the history of Yorkshire.Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Social Hierarchies, Power Relations and Agency in the Countryside 3 Rural Economies 4 Living and working conditions 5 Religion and Education 6 Rural Recreation 7 Conclusion
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Oxford University Press New Lives New Landscapes Revisited
Book SynopsisHow did rural Britain become modern during the twentieth century? New Lives, New Landscapes examines how the development of modern infrastructure in Britain transformed both its landscapes and the lives of those who lived within them. Shifting the focus away from the city, the narrative challenges us to rethink what we mean by modern Britain.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors 1: Linda M. Ross, Katrina Navickas, Matthew Kelly, and Ben Anderson: Introduction 2: Jeremy Burchardt: In-between Landscapes 3: Kristen Bluemel: Rural Modernity in Britain: Landscape, Literature, Nostalgia 4: Gareth Roddy: Seeing like a Quarryman: Landscape, Quarrying, and Competing Visions of Rural England along Hadrian's Wall, 1930-1960 5: Katrina Navickas: Building Amenity in Areas of Non-Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Southern Pennines 6: Ian Waites: The Post-war Power Station and the Persistence of an English Landscape Tradition 7: Moa Carlsson: England and the Isovist 8: Karen Sayer: The View from the Land, 1947-1968: 'Modernity' in British Agriculture, Farm, and Nation 9: Paul Readman: Landscape of Military Modernity: From 'Eyesores' to National Heritage? 10: Linda M. Ross: Nuclear Narratives: Rural Modernity, Identity, and Heritage in the Highlands and Islands 11: Ysanne Holt: Think Rural: Act Now 12: Ben Anderson and Matthew Kelly: What Happens When Rural Modernity Ceases to be Modern? 13: Tim O'Riordan: The New 'New Landscapes': A Personal View Index
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University of Chicago Press Who Benefits from the Nonprofit Sector
Book SynopsisThis study examines the major elements of the nonprofit sector of the economy of the United States, describing the institutions and their functions, and then exploring how their benefits are distributed across various economic classes.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Why Americans Hate Welfare Race Media and the
Book SynopsisAsks whether traditional observations about farm families apply to three hundred Iowa children who grew up with some tie to the land during the agricultural crisis of the 1980s, a time of widespread farm bankruptcies and factory closings. The answer, the authors show, is a resounding yes.Trade Review"What is it about 'ties to the land' that influences the development of young people? The answers the authors provide are not only analytically compelling, but they reveal invaluable insights for solving many of the problems facing our urban and suburban school communities as they struggle to provide meaningful environments for socializing and educating our adolescents into productive adults." (American Journal of Sociology) "A welcome corrective to the literature on development, which has focused almost exclusively on metropolitan areas.... Through their careful connection of life choices to life chances in historical context, the authors offer a model of sociological inquiry worthy of emulation." (Social Forces)"
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