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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827826603321

Titolo

Communities of work : rural restructuring in local and global contexts / / edited by William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, and Ann R. Tickamyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-89680-447-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxiii, 439 p. : ill., map

Collana

Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; ; no. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

FalkWilliam W

SchulmanMichael D

TickamyerAnn R

Disciplina

307.72/0973

Soggetti

Sociology, Rural - United States

United States Rural conditions

United States Rural conditions Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Communities ofWork -- Part I: Region,Work, and Restructuring -- 1 Old Industrial Regions and the Political Economy of Development -- 2 Place, Race, and State -- 3 Meat Processing in Rural America -- 4 Socioeconomic Trends in Mining-Dependent Counties in Appalachia -- 5 From Extraction to Amenities -- Part II: Work and Community -- 6 Troubled Waters or Business as Usual? -- 7 Identity of Self and Others through Work -- 8 Sense of Place and Rural Restructuring -- 9 Housing Labor's Unrest -- 10 Hogs and Citizens -- 11 Does Welfare to Work Work? -- Part III Reaction and Resistance -- 12 The Bus from Hell Hole Swamp -- 13 Stretched to Their Limits -- 14 Earning a Living and Building a Life -- 15 Livelihood Strategies of Farmers in Puerto Rico's Central Region -- 16 Older Workers and Retirement in Rural Contexts -- 17 The Social and Economic Context of Informal Work -- Empirical Realities, Theoretical Lessons, and Political Implications -- Contributors -- Index.