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UNINA9910827826603321 |
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Titolo |
Communities of work : rural restructuring in local and global contexts / / edited by William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, and Ann R. Tickamyer |
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Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxiii, 439 p. : ill., map |
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Collana |
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Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; ; no. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FalkWilliam W |
SchulmanMichael D |
TickamyerAnn R |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sociology, Rural - United States |
United States Rural conditions |
United States Rural conditions Case studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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