1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003085650203316

Autore

BALDANZA, Frank

Titolo

Mark Twain : an introduction and interpretation / Frank Baldanza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, copyr.1961

Descrizione fisica

IX, 149 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

American authors and critics

Disciplina

813.4

Soggetti

Twain, Mark

Collocazione

II.8.B.11

Lingua di pubblicazione

Non definito

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971871203321

Titolo

Rural transformations and rural policies in the US and UK / / edited by Mark Shucksmith ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

1-136-50274-2

1-136-50275-0

0-203-14427-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in development and society ; ; 30

Altri autori (Persone)

ShucksmithMark

Disciplina

307.1/4120941

Soggetti

Rural development - United States

Rural development - Great Britain

Sociology, Rural

United States Rural conditions

Great Britain Rural conditions

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

Cover; Rural Transformations and Rural Policies in the US and UK; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1. Rural Transformations: Conceptual and Policy Issues; 2. The Agency of Rural Research in Comparative Context; Part II: Socio-Economic Change; 3. Migration and Urban-Rural Population Redistribution in the UK and US; 4. Demographic Ageing in Rural Areas: Insights from the UK and US; 5. Conceptualizing Contemporary Immigrant Integration in the Rural United States and United Kingdom

6. Rural Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United States and the United Kingdom7. Rural Economic Transformations in the UK and US; 8. Entrepreneurial Behaviour among Rural In-Migrants; 9. Local Food Systems and Networks in the US and the UK: Community Development Considerations for Rural Areas; Part III: Governance; 10. Policy Affecting Rural People, Economies and Communities; 11. The Evolution of Agriculture and Agricultural Policy in the UK and US; 12. Agri-Environmental Policy, Rural Environments and Forks in the Road: A Comparative Analysis of the US and the UK

13. Nature Conservation and Environmental Management: Working Landscapes in Adirondack Park, US, and Cairngorms National Park, UK14. Regionalism and Rural Policy; 15. Rural Governance: Participation, Power and Possibilities for Action; 16. Constructing the Rural-Urban Interface: Place Still Matters in a Highly Mobile Society; Annex: The Statistical Measurement of Urban and Rural Residence in the UK and US; Contributors; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines the transformations of rural society and economy in the UK and US during the last half-century, and explores the significance of these trends and changes for community sustainability, quality of life and the environment. While both the UK and US are highly urbanised, rural people and communities continue to contribute to national identity, economic development and social solidarity, as well as to environmental quality. Contributors explore the degree to which rural people exhibit agency and autonomy, rather than being merely passive in the face of exogenous forces of change in a globalised world. They also illuminate very different policy approaches to rural policy in two advanced capitalist societies often thought to be similar, and show how fundamental differences in rural policy approaches of the US and the UK are based on different social ideologies and values that shape policies relating to rural areas. This book will help to stimulate transatlantic dialogue on rural scholarship and rural policy analysis, while also contributing to theory and policy development. It will be of interest to researchers, students and everyone involved in the policy and practice of rural development."--