Rural / by Michael Woods.

Author
Woods, Michael, 1946- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Routledge, 2010.
Description
xi, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

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    Key ideas in geography [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in geography and related disciplines. Drawing ... on the latest research in rural geography, this book explores the diverse meanings that have been attached to the rural, examines how ideas of the rural have been produced and reproduced, and investigates the influence of different ideas in shaping the social and economic structure of rural localities and the everyday lives of people who live, work or play in rural areas.... [C]ontains case studies drawn from both the developed and developing world to introduce and illustrate conceptual ideas and approaches, as well as suggested further reading.--From publisher description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Approaching the rural
    • Imagining the rural
    • Exploiting the rural
    • Consuming the rural
    • Developing the rural
    • Living in the rural
    • Performing the rural
    • Regulating the rural
    • Re-making the rural.
    ISBN
    • 9780415442398 ((hbk.))
    • 0415442397 ((hbk.))
    • 9780415442404 ((pbk.))
    • 0415442400 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2010012698
    OCLC
    166382842
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