Autore	Westphall Allan F.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	028/.8097409/034
Collana	Penn State series in the history of the book
Soggetto topico	Books and reading - New England - History - 19th century Marginalia - New England - History - 19th century Books and reading - Religious aspects - Christianity
ISBN	0-271-06512-5 0-271-06510-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface: A Discovery and Serendipitous Journeys -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Irish American print culture in the nineteenth century: a private library -- 2. “Laboring in my books”: Thomas Connary’s book enhancements -- 3. Redemptive reading in the Connary household -- 4. The farmer’s treasure: Thomas Connary reading St. Francis of Sales and Julian of Norwich -- 5. Book keeping, longing, and besetment -- Appendix: Th e Contents of Thomas Connary’s Library -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910792219903321

Autore	Bunck Julie Marie <1960->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2012]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xii, 431 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina	363.4509728
Soggetto topico	Drug control - Latin America Drug traffic - Latin America
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-271-05947-8 0-271-05555-3 0-271-05945-1 0-271-05392-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: exploring Central American drug trafficking -- Central America and the international trade in drugs -- Belize -- Costa Rica -- Guatemala -- Honduras -- Panama -- Conclusion -- Table of cases -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480219703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina	307.720973
Collana	Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society
Soggetto topico	Sociology, Rural - United States Rural development - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-271-03143-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480363303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina	307.720973
Collana	Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society
Soggetto topico	Sociology, Rural - United States Rural development - United States
ISBN	0-271-03143-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910777617303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina	307.720973
Collana	Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society
Soggetto topico	Sociology, Rural - United States Rural development - United States
ISBN	0-271-03143-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910813768603321