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  • Welcome, Now Leave
    Stuart R Ward
    The true story of a tragicomic, once-obscure, far northern California backwoods ghost subdivision, why it failed, and how it eventually drew national attention  The peculiar history of Mt. Shasta Vista, a monumentally failed development that elevated dysfunctionality to an art form, Welcome, Now Leave explores the unlikely past of the contention-drenched remote subdivision - 1,...
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    12,57 €

  • Crossroads of Rural Crime
    Rural-oriented scholarship in criminology is growing, in part motivated by governmental, community and academic recognition that, despite stereotypes of the ’rural idyll’, crime and justice are significant issues in the rural landscape.Using the notion of ’crossroads’ to provide a unique lens through which to examine realities of rural crime, Crossroads of Rural Crime: Represen...
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    68,27 €

  • 县乡生活
    吕德文
    中国正处于前所未有的城乡融合发展过程中，一种新型的城乡社会形态初见雏形。人们践行新生活方式，穿梭于乡土社会和都市社会两个生活系统中。新生活方式形成的同时，生活危机也在蔓延。本书分'过日子''流动生活''消费变迁''婚难时代''小镇青年''老龄社会'六部分展开，细致描画县乡生活的新景象：数字生活兴起，单身现象增多，家庭观念变迁，老人自养秩序形成，伪中产生活陷阱频现。本书以多位青年学者在全国各地的田野调查为基础，他们以细腻的情感、真实的笔触描写县乡生活的诸多细节，展现当代中国基层社会的真实图景。 ...
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    41,34 €

  • While the Billy Boils (Cram Edition)
    Henry Lawson
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of While the Billy Boils pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Venture into the heart of the Australian outback with Henry Lawson’s 'While the Billy Boils,' a collection of short stories that vividly captures the essence of bush life. A cornerstone of Australian lit...
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    26,94 €

  • Poor White
    Sherwood Anderson
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Poor White pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Sherwood Anderson’s 'Poor White' explores the profound social changes sweeping through rural America during the industrial revolution. A powerful work of literary fiction, the novel examines the impact of industria...
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    27,09 €

  • The Portion of Labor (Cram Edition)
    Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Portion of Labor pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The Portion of Labor,' by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, offers a compelling glimpse into the social issues and class conflicts that shaped rural New England. Set against the backdrop of a changing society, th...
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    33,77 €

  • Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches (Cram Edition)
    Joel Chandler Harris
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the heart of the Old South in Joel Chandler Harris’s 'Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches,' a collection of short stories offering a poignant glimpse into rural life and social cu...
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    23,20 €

  • Our Southern Highlanders (Cram Edition)
    Horace Kephart
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Our Southern Highlanders pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Explore the heart of Southern Appalachia with Horace Kephart’s 'Our Southern Highlanders,' a captivating journey into the lives and customs of the mountain people. First published in the early 20th ce...
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    26,15 €

  • A Texas Cow Boy
    Charles A. Siringo
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of A Texas Cow Boy pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Experience the raw and authentic voice of the American West in Chas. A. Siringo’s 'A Texas Cow Boy,' a vivid chronicle of frontier life in the late 19th century. Subtitled 'fifteen years on the hurricane deck ...
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    25,29 €

  • Impacts of Agricultural Businesses and Cooperatives on Rural Communities
    The rapid expansion of communication networks and digitalization is transforming rural areas, creating new opportunities for economic growth and entrepreneurship. Agricultural businesses and cooperatives are emerging as key drivers of this change, shaping local economies while fostering innovation, youth engagement, and female entrepreneurship. At the same time, the growing pre...
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    249,65 €

  • Blow-In
    Fred Callow
    In 1990, Fred Callow left the UK for Ireland in search of a simpler, more authentic way of life. In West Cork, he discovered what he calls his 'Family', a group of like-minded people striving to live an alternative lifestyle in a place called Cool Mountain, not far from the town of Dunmanway. In Blow-In, Fred tells of his involvement for more than thirty years with this group o...
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    16,98 €

  • This Was OUR MALVERN
    Margaret Bramford
    For history buffs and memoir lovers of the good old days, the way things used to be ... Escape to the past with this second-in-series, local history, and memoir-biography. Margaret Bramford presents the life and times, and true accounts of Spa town Malvern, Worcestershire (UK), as recollected by Malverners themselves looking back over the last century. Enjoy this treasure trove...
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    12,67 €

  • Cognitive Security and Predictive Health Monitoring for Rural Development
    The critical intersection of advanced technology and rural empowerment can enhance health outcomes and community resilience in underserved areas. As rural regions often face limited access to healthcare infrastructure and security resources, the integration of cognitive technologies such as predictive health analytics offers a transformative solution. By leveraging data analyti...
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    235,75 €

  • Natural Resource Extraction and Violence against Women in Rural Places
    Jayne Mooney / Joseph F. Donnermeyer / Walter S. Dekeseredy
    Driven by sophisticated theoretical framework, this book calls upon the criminological community, especially feminist and rural criminologists, to stretch their theoretical imaginations to examine patriarchal linkages between localized expressions of patriarchy, natural resource extraction and violence against women. ...
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    81,76 €

  • A Sea of Transience
    Transience is found in every meeting and form of coexistence between people and things that live and exist by, or move across or along, the Black Sea. It may come in various forms and guises, from de facto states, tourism, migration, trafficking or military troops, and it needs to be written and captured in sensuous, affective and imaginative ways. With particular attention to ...
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    47,39 €

  • Windtalker
    Matthew Petchinsky
    Up in the hills, wind carries secrets - and those who know how to listen can shape their destiny with a whisper.Windtalker: The Hill Witch’s Guide to Whisper Magick reveals a grounded, elemental path of Wiccan-inspired practice rooted in breath, voice, and the living current of air. This is not theatrical spellcraft. It is subtle, steady, and powerful. Through focused whisper r...
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    9,51 €

  • The Economic and Social History of an English Village
    Ethel Culbert Gras / Norman Scott Brien Gras
    'The Economic and Social History of an English Village (Crawley, Hampshire A.D. 909-1928)' offers a profound and detailed investigation into the long-term evolution of a rural community. Spanning over a millennium, this scholarly work meticulously traces the transition of Crawley from its medieval origins through the height of the manorial system to the onset of the modern era....
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    35,44 €

  • Un Problème Rural
    Jean-Charles Magnan
    'Un Problème Rural : Les Causes De L’émigration Vers Les Villes' est un essai sociologique et économique crucial qui examine les racines de l’exode rural au début du XXe siècle. Jean-Charles Magnan y analyse avec rigueur les facteurs sociaux, économiques et culturels qui poussent les populations agricoles à délaisser les campagnes pour les centres urbains en pleine croissance. ...
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    15,55 €

  • Empty Churches
    Charles Josiah Galpin
    'Empty Churches' is a compelling sociological study of the decline of religious institutions in rural America during the early 20th century. Written by Charles Josiah Galpin, a pioneering figure in rural sociology, this work examines the social and economic forces that led to the abandonment of country churches and the fragmentation of rural spiritual life.Galpin explores theme...
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    21,10 €

  • England’s Green & Pleasant Land
    J.W. Robertson Scott
    'England’s Green & Pleasant Land' is a profound and unflinching examination of the realities of rural life in early twentieth-century Britain. Written by J.W. Robertson Scott, a dedicated observer of the countryside and founder of 'The Countryman' magazine, this work pulls back the veil on the idealized vision of village existence to reveal the social and economic challenges fa...
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    20,98 €

  • Farm Youth
    Various
    'Farm Youth: Proceeding of the Ninth National Country Life Conference' offers a detailed examination of the social and economic conditions surrounding rural young people in the early 20th century. This collection of papers and discussions from the 1926 conference explores the unique challenges faced by the children of American farmers, addressing critical themes such as agricul...
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    21,10 €

  • Farm Life Abroad Field Letters From Germany Denmark and France
    E. C. Branson
    'Farm Life Abroad Field Letters From Germany Denmark and France' is an insightful collection of correspondence written by E. C. Branson during his travels through Europe in the early 1920s. This work offers a detailed sociological and agricultural examination of rural communities in Germany, Denmark, and France during a critical period of post-war reconstruction. Branson, a pio...
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    26,11 €

  • Farm Income and Farm Life
    Dwight Sanderson / John H. Kolb / M.L. Wilson
    'Farm Income and Farm Life' offers a comprehensive examination of the complex relationship between economic productivity and the social well-being of rural communities in early 20th-century America. This collaborative work delves into the fundamental question of how financial stability influences the cultural and social standards of farm families. The text explores diverse topi...
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    26,03 €

  • Village Communities
    edmund brunner
    'Village Communities' is an insightful sociological study that examines the social and economic foundations of rural life during the early twentieth century. Authored by Edmund Brunner, a prominent figure in the field of rural sociology, this work provides a rigorous analysis of the structures that govern small-town communities and their collective development. The text is base...
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    23,02 €

  • Missions and Rural Problems
    Various
    'Missions and Rural Problems' is a significant collection of reports and essays examining the intersection of Christian missionary efforts and the socio-economic challenges facing rural communities in the early 20th century. This volume provides a detailed exploration of the Church’s responsibility toward agrarian populations, emphasizing the need for an integrated approach tha...
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    25,15 €

  • The Farmer’s Church
    Warren Hugh Wilson
    'The Farmer’s Church' is a seminal exploration of the vital intersection between faith, social structure, and agricultural life in rural America. Written by Warren Hugh Wilson, a pioneer in the study of rural sociology and a leader in the Country Life Movement, this work examines the unique spiritual and communal needs of farming populations. The text argues that the success of...
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    25,20 €

  • Needed Readjustments in Rural Life
    Virginia Richmond
    'Needed Readjustments in Rural Life' explores the complex socio-economic landscape of early 20th-century American agriculture and community structure. This work addresses the urgent need for systemic changes in rural social organization, economic practices, and educational standards during a period of significant transition for the American farmer. It brings together diverse pe...
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    21,07 €

  • Geburten & Geburtshilfe in landlich. Verhalnissen
    Rudolf Beck
    'Geburten & Geburtshilfe in Landlich. Verhalnissen' von Rudolf Beck bietet eine tiefgreifende Untersuchung der geburtshilflichen Versorgung und der damit verbundenen Herausforderungen in ländlichen Regionen zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Werk beleuchtet die medizinischen, sozialen und hygienischen Bedingungen, unter denen Geburten fernab städtischer medizinischer Infrast...
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    17,41 €

  • Future Farmers in Action
    Arthur Kendall Getman
    'Future Farmers in Action' is a foundational study focused on the development of cooperative relationships and leadership skills among young men entering the agricultural profession. Written during a transformative era for American rural life, this work examines the social and economic benefits of collaboration in farming, emphasizing how collective action and mutual support ca...
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    20,11 €

  • The Home Town Mind
    Duncan Aikman
    'The Home Town Mind' is a sharp and insightful collection of essays by Duncan Aikman that explores the psychological and social landscape of early 20th-century America. Written during the transformative era of the 1920s, the work offers a critical examination of provincialism and the collective mindset found in small-town communities across the United States. Aikman delves into...
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    26,18 €


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