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Moral Basis of a Backward Society
ISBN: 9780029015100 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Synopsis coming soon.......
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85,06 zł |
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Broken Earth
ISBN: 9780029217207 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Having lived for two years among Chinese villagers, an anthropologist illuminates the patterns and details of their lives and analyzes the effects of political corruption, a black market economy, and a campaign of coerced birth control.
Having lived for two years among Chinese villagers, an anthropologist illuminates the patterns and details of their lives and analyzes the effects of ...
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87,51 zł |
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Agrarian Revolution
ISBN: 9780029235508 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Synopsis coming soon.......
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89,72 zł |
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The Egg and I
ISBN: 9780060914288 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need of constant repair, and days that ran from four in the morning to nine at night, the MacDonalds had barely a moment to put their feet up and relax. And then came the children. Yet through every trial and pitfall--through chaos and catastrophe--this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor. A beloved literary treasure for... When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared fo... |
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64,34 zł |
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The Broken Hoe : Cultural Reconfiguration in Biase Southeast Nigeria
ISBN: 9780226388496 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. In this study of the Biase, a small ethnic group living in Nigeria's Cross River State, David Uru Iyam attempts to resolve a long-standing controversy among development theorists: must Third World peoples adopt Western attitudes, practices, and technologies to improve their standard of living or are indigenous beliefs, technologies, and strategies better suited to local conditions?
The Biase today face social and economic pressures that seriously strain their ability to cope with the realities of modern Nigeria. Iyam, an anthropologist and a Biase, examines the relationship between... In this study of the Biase, a small ethnic group living in Nigeria's Cross River State, David Uru Iyam attempts to resolve a long-standing controversy...
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137,84 zł |
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Newcomers to Old Towns : Suburbanization of the Heartland
ISBN: 9780226734132 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. 2004 winner of the Robert E. Park Book Award from the Community and Urban Sociology Section (CUSS) of the American Sociological Association
Although the death of the small town has been predicted for decades, during the 1990s the population of rural America actually "increased" by more than three million people. In this book, Sonya Salamon explores these rural newcomers and the impact they have on the social relationships, public spaces, and community resources of small town America. Salamon draws on richly detailed ethnographic studies of six small towns in central Illinois,... 2004 winner of the Robert E. Park Book Award from the Community and Urban Sociology Section (CUSS) of the American Sociological Association
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110,97 zł |
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On the Move : Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China
ISBN: 9780231127066 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. This book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women in contemporary China based on original fieldwork as well as in-depth research in multiple regions of China.
This book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women in contemporary China based on...
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548,25 zł |
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On the Move : Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China
ISBN: 9780231127073 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. This book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women in contemporary China based on original fieldwork as well as in-depth research in multiple regions of China.
This book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women in contemporary China based on...
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172,05 zł |
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Southern Seed, Northern Soil : African-American Farm Communities in the Midwest, 1765-1900
ISBN: 9780253213310 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Southern Seed, Northern Soil captures the exceptional history of the Beech and Roberts settlements, two African-American and mixed-race farming communities on the Indiana frontier in the 1830s. Stephen Vincent analyzes the founders backgrounds as a distinctive free people of color from the Old South. He traces the migration that culminated in the founding of the two communities. He follows the settlements transformations through the pioneer and Civil War eras, and their gradual transition to commercial farming in the late 19th century. The Beech and Roberts story is at once part of and... Southern Seed, Northern Soil captures the exceptional history of the Beech and Roberts settlements, two African-American and mixed-race farming com... |
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116,88 zł |
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The Child in Latin America : Health, Development, and Rights
ISBN: 9780268022570 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Although most Latin American countries are considered middle-income nations, their child health and well-being statistics overall compare poorly with those of the United States. This volume, representing the fifth part of Project Latin America 2000 from the Helen Kellogg Institute, brings together contributors from the U.S., Latin America, and organizations such as UNICEF to consider the physical, educational, social, legal, and economic status and progress of children throughout Latin America, focusing especially on health and rights issues. In chapters concerning health, experts in biology...
Although most Latin American countries are considered middle-income nations, their child health and well-being statistics overall compare poorly with ...
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700,09 zł |
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Together at the Table : Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System
ISBN: 9780271029771 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. In a cafeteria in Los Angeles, children make their lunchtime food choices at fresh-fruit and salad bars stocked with local foods. In a community garden in New York, low-income residents are producing organically grown fruits and vegetables for their own use and to sell at market. In Madison, Wisconsin, shoppers select their food from a bounty of choices at a vibrant farmers' market. Together at the Table is about people throughout the United States who are building successful alternatives... Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. In a cafeteria in Los Angeles, children make their lunc... |
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178,87 zł |
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New Pioneers : The Back-to-the-Land Movement and the Search for a Sustainable Future
ISBN: 9780271029894 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. " P]ractically everyone I know is nursing fantasies about escaping the life they're trapped in and creating one that makes more sense," writes the editor of Utne Reader in a recent issue. "The people I most admire, though, are those who actually do it--who break free and pursue a higher calling no matter how great the risk." New Pioneers is about one such group of people--the hundreds of thousands of urban North Americans who over the past three decades have given up their city or suburban homes for a few acres of land in the countryside. Jeffrey Jacob's new... " P]ractically everyone I know is nursing fantasies about escaping the life they're trapped in and creating one that makes more sense," writes the ... |
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206,58 zł |
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Appalachia in an International Context : Cross-National Comparisons of Developing Regions
ISBN: 9780275948351 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The study of diverse yet comparable regions uncovers structural similarities that override the defective culture theory of developing regions as well as the belief that they are unique ecological phenomena. This collected work establishes Appalachia as a case study for a coherent cross-national perspective. Written by authorities on the social and economic problems of these regions, this work should assist in alleviating some of the most striking misconceptions about regional development. The study of diverse yet comparable regions uncovers structural similarities that override the defective culture theory of developing regions as we... |
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472,87 zł |
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Moving Nearer to Heaven : The Illusions and Disillusions of Migrants to Scenic Rural Places
ISBN: 9780275966898 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 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 will move away in less than five years, and their rapid successive moves are often marked by anger and frustration as they encounter the realities of poor job possibilities, an impersonal life, and a deteriorating natural environment. Jobes describes the experiences of newcomers, and oldtimers, to Bozeman, Montana, a small Rocky Mountain town... 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 tho... |
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472,87 zł |
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Between Memory and Reality: Family and Community in Rural Wisconsin, 1870-1970
ISBN: 9780299132842 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An Osseo native looks at the enduring power of immigrant traditions in rural Trempealeau County, from its pioneer days to recent decades. An Osseo native looks at the enduring power of immigrant traditions in rural Trempealeau County, from its pioneer days to recent decades. |
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145,62 zł |
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Agents and Victims in South China : Accomplices in Rural Revolution
ISBN: 9780300052657 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 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 community in Guangdong Province from the late nineteenth century to the present.
When peasants live in complex agrarian societies with distinct hierarchies of power, how much are they able to shape their world? In this socio-econom...
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217,94 zł |
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Chinese Village, Socialist State
ISBN: 9780300054286 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 villagers and rural officials, exploring archives, and investigating villagers with diverse resources and cultural, traditions, and they vividly describe both the promise and the human tragedy of China's rural revolution. Exploring the decades before and after the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, they trace the growing economic...
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 revoluti...
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212,40 zł |
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Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette: A Mostly Affectionate Account of a Small Town's Fight to Survive
ISBN: 9780312423162 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Bill Kauffman, a self-proclaimed "placeist" who believes that things urban are homogenizing our national scene, returned to his roots after a bumpy ride on the D.C. fast track. Rarely has he ventured forth since. Here he illuminates the place he loves, traveling from Batavia's scenic vistas to the very seams of its grimy semi-industrial pockets, from its architecturally insignificant new mall to the pastoral grounds of its internationally known School for the Blind. Not one to shy from controversy, Kauffman also investigates his town's efforts to devastate its landmarks through urban... Bill Kauffman, a self-proclaimed "placeist" who believes that things urban are homogenizing our national scene, returned to his roots after a bumpy... |
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80,22 zł |
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The Community in Rural America
ISBN: 9780313264672 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Far from being the bucolic paradise that is often imagined, the rural areas of this country are afflicted with chronic economic hardship, severe forms of alienation, and the lack of a foundation for community development or for the enhancement of economic, social, and educational opportunities for rural people. In this study, Kenneth P. Wilkinson examines the critical state of rural life in America, its causes and possible cure. Following a critical review of research and theories on the subject, he proposes a new theoretical perspective that focuses on community interaction as a necessary...
Far from being the bucolic paradise that is often imagined, the rural areas of this country are afflicted with chronic economic hardship, severe forms...
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544,92 zł |
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Foxfire 2
ISBN: 9780385022675 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.
This second Foxfire volume includes topics such as ghost stories, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shuckin', and more. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousa...
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80,02 zł |