Tennessee History Book Award Finalist The Upper Cumberland region of Kentucky and Tennessee, often regarded as isolated and out of pace with the rest of the country, has a far richer history and culture than has been documented.
The social life of older rural Americans is made up of relationships formed through kinship, their neighborhoods, and the organizations to which they belong.
Rural Change and Royal Finances in Spain at the End of the Old Regime by Richard Herr offers a comprehensive examination of the social, economic, and political transformations that reshaped Spain's countryside in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Rural Change and Royal Finances in Spain at the End of the Old Regime by Richard Herr offers a comprehensive examination of the social, economic, and political transformations that reshaped Spain's countryside in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Pineapple Town: Hawaii provides a comprehensive exploration of life within Maunaloa, a Hawaiian pineapple plantation community on the island of Molokai.
Pineapple Town: Hawaii provides a comprehensive exploration of life within Maunaloa, a Hawaiian pineapple plantation community on the island of Molokai.
Peasant Wisdom: Cultural Adaptation in a Swiss Village offers an intimate ethnographic portrait of Bruson, a small Alpine village in the canton of Valais, as it negotiates the pressures of modernization while holding fast to an enduring ideology of ';peasant wisdom.
Peasant Wisdom: Cultural Adaptation in a Swiss Village offers an intimate ethnographic portrait of Bruson, a small Alpine village in the canton of Valais, as it negotiates the pressures of modernization while holding fast to an enduring ideology of ';peasant wisdom.
Peasants in Socialist Transition: Life in a Collectivized Hungarian Village offers an in-depth exploration of the dramatic social, economic, and political changes that have shaped rural Hungary over the mid-20th century.
Peasants in Socialist Transition: Life in a Collectivized Hungarian Village offers an in-depth exploration of the dramatic social, economic, and political changes that have shaped rural Hungary over the mid-20th century.
This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 percent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius.
Este libro es el resultado de la investigación "Teoría y práctica del diálogo de saberes: la consulta previa en La Guajira", realizada con el apoyo financiero de Colciencias, que tenía como objetivo elaborar conocimiento que se proyecte en políticas públicas sobre aspectos teóricos y metodológicos del diálogo de saberes y sistematizar la manera como esta traducción intercultural se pone en práctica en un proceso de Consulta Autónoma en la comunidad wayuu de Provincial.
Caste, Class, and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village provides a detailed sociological examination of the evolving relationships between caste, class, and political power in Sripuram, a village in Tanjore District, South India.
Finalist: Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeIn August 1889, the five states that were once part of the 1861 Dakota TerritoryNorth Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idahodrafted their state constitutions in preparation for inclusion in the United States.
Este libro busca contribuir a los procesos de análisis y comprensión de los heterogéneos modos de vida y las espacialidades rurales que producen distintos grupos sociales en medio de la persistencia de desigualdades sociales, dinámicas de violencia y conflictos socio-ambientales, pero con la esperanza de construir autonomía y garantías para una vida digna y en paz.
A través de la historia la isla de Papayal ha sido sometida a varias prácticas de exterminio, el autor contrasta la visión de los habitantes de esta isla y de los actores que la han explotado, al tiempo que analiza el papel del gobierno y las leyes en este conflicto.
The sixth, fully updated edition of this bestselling guide links the theory and practice of community work in an insightful and relatable read for students and practitioners alike.
Since the late 1960s, individuals rebelling against societal norms have embraced intentional communities as a means to challenge capitalism and manifest their ideals.
Since the late 1960s, individuals rebelling against societal norms have embraced intentional communities as a means to challenge capitalism and manifest their ideals.
The sixth, fully updated edition of this bestselling guide links the theory and practice of community work in an insightful and relatable read for students and practitioners alike.
In 'Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben' analysiert Georg Simmel auf faszinierende Weise die Auswirkungen der Großstadt auf das individuelle und kollektive Bewusstsein.
