Rural / / by Michael Woods
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| Autore: |
Woods Michael <1946-, >
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| Titolo: |
Rural / / by Michael Woods
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.72 |
| Soggetto topico: | Geographical perception |
| Rural geography | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rural |
| ISBN: | 1-136-91917-1 |
| 1-136-91918-X | |
| 1-282-93030-3 | |
| 9786612930300 | |
| 0-203-84430-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459489003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Key Ideas in Geography