This text had a major impact in its original Chinese version. It examines the lives and work of peasants, Party and local government officials, providing a wealth of data on life in post-reform rural China.
Provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present, considering wine as a symbol, r..
This book presents a range of work that seeks to move beyond stereotypes to reveal the diversity and complexities of rural life in Japan from 1900 to ..
This book uses empirical examples from a range of research projects undertaken by the authors as well as illustrations from work in the Australasia re..
This book examines and compares the transformation of rural society and economy in the US and UK during the last half-century, and explores the signif..
This collection explores the complex dynamics of current global land grabbing from a broad agrarian political economy perspective, with a special focu..
The book addresses the nature and importance of the interaction between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ areas within Third World national territories, providing m..
This collection addresses questions emerging from the aftermath of land redistribution under Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Reform and from the consequences fo..
Examines the interaction of the economic, political and social change processes within Europe which are bringing about fundamental transformations in ..
This collection includes twelve review articles on rural politics in China, focusing on intellectual debates about the status and future of the peasan..
This work defines citizenship in relation to the rural environment. It expands and explores a widened conceptualization of citizenship and sets out a ..
The book stresses the processes which underlie rural settlement structure and, consistent with its geographical bias, the functional and cultural foun..