24,409円 "This volume seeks to answer modern questions and concerns regarding peasants, their production techniques, and their links to wider society. In the past, peasants and their seemingly simple production models have been criticized for being unable to fully meet the needs of modern society, especia...

2,800円 Las tierras del litoral de Sonora, en el noroeste de México, son llanuras y valles que se han distinguido a nivel nacional por ser el asiento de varios distritos de riego en los cuales, hace más de medio siglo, se impulsó un ambicioso proyecto de expansión y modernización agrícola a favor de la g...

740円 ¿Por qué si en las últimas tres décadas hay un progreso significativo en la incorporación de las medidas de género en la planificación del desarrollo rural en Colombia, las mujeres rurales siguen constituyéndose en una población marginal en el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas para el...

4,371円 Between 1819 and 1970, the town of Dardanelle, Arkansas, located on the south side of the Arkansas River in Yell County, Arkansas, experienced sustained prosperity and growth made possible by the nearby farming community known as the Dardanelle Bottoms. A reciprocal relationship between the town ...

4,454円 In Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land, Xianghong Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism, power, and inequality in the southern interior of China. In this region, capital-intensive and elite-directed tourism has reshaped the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao and other local res...

9,948円 Current population movements involve both established and new destinations, often encompassing marginal and rural communities and resulting in a whole new set of issues for these communities. New Immigration Destinations examines structural forces and individual strategies and behaviour to highli...

2,022円 **Finalist for the National Book Award From the New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls comes a riveting exploration of manhood and all its complicated meanings through the portrait of an American Mountain Man.** In this rousing examination of contemporary ...

10,943円 Despite an EU-wide commitment to rural development, research has rarely focused on the lives of young people in rural areas, their experiences in education and employment, their perceptions of policies relevant to them, and their possibilities of participation. Based on a two-year European resear...

9,948円 Presenting the findings of a major research project funded by the EU (INTAS), this key volume investigates the regional, ethnic and socio-cultural aspects of poverty and social exclusion in Russia in recent years. In-depth household interviews and survey data allowed teams from the UK, Denmark an...

1,921円 The Prairie State became a crucial testing ground for the grand American thought experiment on how a society should be constructed. Between 1839 and 1901, six different utopian communities chose Illinois as the laboratory and sanctuary to elevate their ideals into reality. The Mormons and the Ica...

10,943円 Securing sustainable food for everyone is one of the world's most pressing challenges, but research, policy, and programmes remain fragmented, and effective solutions have been slow to emerge. This book takes on these challenges by proposing a range of solutions that can advance pathways towards ...

2,000円 Dieses Buch erzählt von zwei Gemeinden. Die eine liegt im österreichischen Südburgenland, die andere in Bayern. Beide Orte wurden ausgewählt, weil die Autorinnen sie kannten, ein unübliches Auswahlkriterium für Sozialwissenschaftler, aber Cheryl Benard und Edit Schlaffer erschien es normal, daß m...