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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781776148745Author Ulandi Du PlessisFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Wits University PressPublisher Wits University PressWeight(grams) 426g

This book provides a broad survey of Chinese rural households, examining ongoing changes in Chinese society and economy through the lens of the situation of rural families in China. Based on data from Zhejiang University’s China Rural Household Panel...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789355281005Author Henry W WolffFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint Maxwell PressPublisher Maxwell PressWeight(grams) 581g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789171067319Author Gessesse DessieFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Nordic Africa InstitutePublisher Nordic Africa InstituteWeight(grams) 64g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789994450442Author Abeje BerhanuFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Forum for Social Studies (FSS)Publisher Forum for Social Studies (FSS)Weight(grams) 151g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789956727308Author Piet KoningsFormat PaperbackImprint Langaa RPCIDPublisher Langaa RPCIDWeight(grams) 449g

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The Environmental Responsibility Reader is a definitive collection of classic and contemporary environmental works that offers a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in environmental responsibility, steering the reader through each development...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788184246742Author R K AgnihotriFormat PaperbackImprint Allied Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher Allied Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 141g

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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 literature on rural America, to the extent that it exists, has largely been written by urban-based scholars perpetuating out-of-date notions and stereotypes or by those who see little difference between rural and agricultural concerns. As a result,...

Turkey is home to the largest Syrian refugee community in the world and the agricultural industry offers work opportunities for vulnerable Syrian refugee families. This book exposes the fast-changing relationship between seasonal agricultural production...

Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities-"The Farm," "Twin Oaks," "Dancing Rabbit," and "Earthships"-where...

While the dream of moving to a small town in a beautiful rural area is common among many Americans, that dream often turns into a nightmare for those who decide to follow it. More than half of the people who move to small towns in recreational places...

With increasing awareness of the limits that natural resource reserves and environmental concerns impose on economic growth, rural sociologists have developed new ways of looking at the relationship between man and his environment. This volume surveys...

Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities-"The Farm," "Twin Oaks," "Dancing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982611029Author Nasim YousafFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint AMZ PublicationsPublisher AMZ PublicationsWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

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When peasants live in complex agrarian societies with distinct hierarchies of power, how much are they able to shape their world? In this socio-economic, political, and anthropological history, Helen F. Siu explores this question by examining a rural...

A fresh interdisciplinary analysis of rural society and agrarian issues This book presents an account of an intellectual breakthrough in the study of rural society and agriculture. Its ten chapters, selected for their originality and synthesis from the...

The detailed portrait of social change in the North China plain depicts how the world of the Chinese peasant evolved during an era of war and revolution and how it in turn shaped the revolutionary process. The authors spent a decade interviewing...

Scholars bring their field experience and their expertise in sociology, social anthropology, economics, political science, and other areas to bear on an understanding of what happened to a model socialist construction: the rural village cooperative of...

This volume examines the relationships between rural settlement processes and the spatial patterns they produce by mapping past and present patterns and tracing the historical processes which generated them. Using the historical records of Palestine...

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Indian Village is widely considered a "classic." Since its publication, over six decades ago, the book has received immense acclaim, attaining extraordinary success, especially as the first book on a single village in post-Second World War South Asia...

This edited collection, first published in 1988, was the first title to bring international perspectives into the field of rural planning. Using a comparative approach and a broad range of case studies, including Britain, Scandinavia, the U.S.S.R. and...

This book investigates the role of social protection amongst African pastoral and agro-pastoral communities, with a particular focus on Ethiopia.Based on rigorous empirical research, this book assesses the successes, failures, prospects and lessons...

Despite increasing disaster risk in South Asian countries, exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards are not yet at the forefront of development agendas. Covering disaster scenarios, and the causes and consequences of disaster displacement, Disaster,...

This edited book contains salient papers presented at the XII World Congress of Rural Sociology held in South Korea in 2008. These papers have been selected for their quality and have undergone a peer review process. The rationale behind this book rests...

Moving Spaces and Places is about movement as a transformative experience, showing how movement changes affect and percept of spaces and place and solidifies space into meaningful places. The cross-disciplinary contributions in this collection - brought...

In recent decades, globalization has transformed rural societies and economies across the world. Much has been written by social scientists about the actors and structures underpinning these transformations and the effects on particular social groups,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789522221544Author Pia OlssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Finnish Literature SocietyPublisher Finnish Literature SocietyWeight(grams) 325g

The monograph examines the constructive process of class consciousness among rural migrant children in China and how their perceptions of social reality are shaped by their interactions within family, community, and school contexts.Using evidence from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789873863Author Ralph BorsodiFormat HardbackPage Count 94Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 313g

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