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Opening windows onto hidden lives
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Julie N. Zimmerman |
"Examines the embeddedness of rural and farm women's lives in rural sociological research conducted by the USDA's Division of Farm Population and Rural Life (1919-1953). Explores how early rural soci… |
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A family in Egypt
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Olivia Bennett,Olivia Bennett |
Describes the life of a ten-year-old Egyptian boy who lives in a large village near Cairo with his farmer grandfather, his camel driver father, and the rest of his extended family. |
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Sap rising
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Christine Lincoln |
Set against the backdrop of the rural American South, captures the lives of a group of struggling young African Americans whose dreams are tempered by their difficult circumstances. |
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Pagelaran
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Hiroyoshi Kano |
Analysis of socioeconomic conditions and the stratification of farmer's community in Desa Pagelaran, Kabupaten Malang, Jawa Timur Province. |
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Worlds apart
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Cynthia M. Duncan |
First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examines poverty through the stories of real people in rural New England, Appalachia, and the Mississippi Delta. In this new edition, Duncan returns to her origi… |
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One good mama bone
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Bren McClain |
Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, this novel chronicles Sarah Creamer's quest to find her "mama bone" after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own, but is the product of an affair be… |
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The Soulful Child
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Chloe Rachel Gallaway |
327 pages ; 23 cm |
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Work, family, and faith
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Rebecca Sharpless,Melissa Walker |
"Collection of essays capturing the transformation of the American South from agrarian to industrial/commercial over the course of the twentieth century from the perspective of women struggling again… |
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Ankle high and knee deep
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Gail L. Fiorini-Jenner |
"Colicky horses, trucks high-centered in pastures, late nights spent in barns birthing calves--the trials and tribulations of farm and ranch life are as central to its experience as amber waves of gr… |
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Killings
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William Lynwood Montell |
The "State Line Country" of this book is a rugged area of small farms on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Historically the area has had a homicide rate more than ten times the national average. In this… |
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Take out hunger
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Sandra Wallman |
Development schemes are common throughout the third world. Many fail, but the reasons for failure or success are only too often not adequately studied. In this monograph two schemes started in Basuto… |
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Seasonal cycles
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Victor C. De Munck |
Relates to Kotabowa village, Moneragela District of Sri Lanka. |
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The rural communities of Hong Kong
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James Hayes |
x, 308 p., [8] p. of plates : 26 cm |
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The dynamics of caste relations in rural India
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L. S. Ainapur |
Data based on villages from Dharwar District, Karnataka. |
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Saving the nation
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Margherita Zanasi |
xi, 320 p. ; 24 cm |
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Little heathens
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Mildred Armstrong Kalish |
I tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct … |
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Medical geography of Indian tribes
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S. K Tiwari |
Study with particular reference to Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh. |
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