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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818180103321

Autore

Woods Michael <1946-, >

Titolo

Rural / / by Michael Woods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-91917-1

1-136-91918-X

1-282-93030-3

9786612930300

0-203-84430-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 pages.)

Collana

Key Ideas in Geography

Disciplina

307.72

Soggetti

Geographical perception

Rural geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 APPROACHING THE RURAL; 2 IMAGINING THE RURAL; 3 EXPLOITING THE RURAL; 4 CONSUMING THE RURAL; 5 DEVELOPING THE RURAL; 6 LIVING IN THE RURAL; 7 PERFORMING THE RURAL; 8 REGULATING THE RURAL; 9 RE-MAKING THE RURAL; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The division of 'rural' and 'urban' is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture. Throughout history, the rural has been attributed with many meanings: as a source of food and energy; as a pristine wilderness, or as a bucolic idyll; as a playground, or a place of escape; as a fragile space of nature, in need of protection; and as a primitive place, in need of modernization. But is the idea of the rural still relevant today?Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in Geography and related disci