Jane Adams focuses on the transformation of rural life in Union County, Illinois, as she explores the ways in which American farming has been experienced and un

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

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Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic and environmental roles at a time in which societies are rapidly urbanizing, and the id

This book provides an up-to-date account of the many processes shaping and transforming rural space in various parts of the world. The various case studies focu