Nothing in the 20th century seems to portray age-old values as powerfully as the village. Here the panoramic camera casts new light on this ancient and enduring subject, producing an unusually clear image that captures the closest detail and the furthest viewpoint in one broad sweep. The sheer breadth of this perspective conjures up a remarkable sense of reality, at last showing the whole village green as well as the houses to either side or an entire row of crooked cottages in brilliant detail....
Village Institutions in Egypt in the Roman to Early Arab Periods (Proceedings of the British Academy)
by Micaela Langellotti and D W Rathbone
This volume is the first to survey village institutions in Egypt during the first eight centuries AD, from the beginning of Roman rule to the early Arab period. Villages in the ancient Mediterranean world, in contrast to cities, have been little studied and the communal life of the majority rural population is ill understood. The rich evidence of the documentary papyri from Egypt, half of which come from village sites, permits both study of topics in detail and comparisons across time. This volu...
This major textbook provides a clear and comprehensive guide to the sociology of law, surveying current theoretical debates and examining socio-legal research. Exploring the relationship between the law and other aspects of social life, it goes beyond a discussion of contemporary institutions, focusing on broad and general patterns grounded in specific examples from a wide range of contexts. The book addresses: the social conditions under which laws emerge and are changed; the extent to which la...
College in the Country
Mildred English's College in the Country traces the development of adult education programs at West Georgia College and in surrounding rural areas. The College in the Country program began in 1949, when West Georgia College chaplain J. Carson Pritchard was asked to conduct Bible study classes by residents of Smithfield, Georgia. These classes evolved into a lecture series on a variety of topics and eventually the program officially formed. College in the Country quickly spread to other commun...
Handbook of Medical Terms
by I Wei William, W K Cheng Stephen, and Ng Anthony
Voices from the Hollow
by Philip R Jr Hirsh, Philip Reid Hirsh, and Jr Philip Reid Hirsh
New Hungarian Peasants (East European Monographs S.)
by Marida Hollos and Bela C. Maday
A collection of studies by distinguished anthropologists, ehtnographers and sociologists on the collectivization of agriculture in Hungary, edited by marida Hollos and Bela Maday.
For centuries the English lived on the land and even today, as cities encroach further and further on the remaining green fields and the number of working country villages dwindles, there is still a particularly powerful feeling for the countryside. This anthology, edited and introduced by novelist Joanna Trollope, spans the centuries and aims to evoke both the dream and the reality, from Anglo-Saxon laments to Tudor husbandry, and from Regency fetes-champetres to pre-war tennis parties. The ext...
Who's Who in a Rural Community (Exploring Community) (Communities at Work (Hardcover))
by Jake Miller
Local Authority Services in Rural England (Rural Information S.)
by Rita Hale and Anna Capaldi
Limits to Rural Land Use
Women Carpet Weavers in Rural Turkey (Women, Work & Development S.)
by Gunseli Berik
Glimpses of Practical in Extension Education
by K Pradhan and Prasad Vara C
This book has been designed keeping in mind the new syllabus of the ICAR's agricultural extension course curriculum for UG and PG students. This particular manual will guide students in gaining practical knowledge on various extension methods and methodologies involved in agriculture extension. After completing these assignments in this manual, student will not only gain knowledge on various extension programmes, activities of various extension institutes like KVK and ATIC but also they will be...
Rural Change and Sustainability
by Stephen Essex and Professor Andrew W. Gilg
This book draws upon selected, revised and edited papers from a conference of rural geographers from the UK, USA and Canada, held at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. It focuses on rural regions, which are facing conflicting demands, pressures and challenges, which themselves have far-reaching implications for rural space and society. Themes that occur throughout the book include agricultural change, environmental issues, rural communities, governance and globalization, and rural response...
The Concepts, Process and Methods of Social Impact Assessment
by Rabel J Burdge
Organized in four sections corresponding to the seasons, this account by an Amish farmer of his life in Southern Ohio, celebrates his daily labours, his family and, most importantly, the flora and fauna of his 70 acre farm. He works his land with horses and without electricity. He describes the proper preparation of Sassafras tea, maple sugaring in late winter, chopping firewood in autumn and rejoices in the vast diversity of the birds.
Towards Sustainable Rural Communities
Highlighting the interwoven relationship between Chinese rural society and larger historical forces, this book charts the evolution of China’s rural society from 1901 to 1949, concentrating on the major changes of this period and the scenarios developed to modernize rural society during the half century leading up to the Revolution. The modern history of rural China is one of sweeping institutional and structural transformation across many dimensions. As the first half of the twentieth century...