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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Rural society"”.
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The community and the problems of rural society
… positive developments in declining European rural regions through local residents and communities instigating innovative initiatives. It frames these issues within the conceptualisation of “social innovation”, which encapsulates notions such as empowerment and emancipation by means of …
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Peasants, skinners, and dead cattle: The transformation of rural society in western Japan, 1600-1890
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Made in the GDR : the changing geographies of women in the post-socialist rural society in Mecklenburg-Westpommerania
This thesis explores women's experiences in rural areas under state socialism in the GDR and in the New Germany since 1989. The study is located within feminist geographical thinking and draws on a variety of qualitative and quantitative sources. Data for the research were collated through various …
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Social change and religious experience : aspects of rural society in south Lincolnshire with specific reference to Primitive Methodism, 1815-1875
… leaving only clandestine acts as a vehicle for rural protest. The Primitives, who were establishing their place in the new social order, appear to have had no links with these protesters but concentrated their energies on building up the structures of the connexion.By the time of the 1851 Census …
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Rural society in Scotland from the Restoration to the Union: challenge and response in the Carse of Gowrie, circa 1660-1707
… investigation of the inter-relationship of society, economy and agricultural improvement in Lowland Scotland circa 1660-1707. Its purpose is the achievement of a deeper understanding of the process of modernisation in early modern rural society in a critical period research focuses on the …
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Impact Assessment of the Small Credit Finance to Poverty Alleviation in the Rural Society of Tanzania: Case of Mwanga Community Bank Limited,
… of small credit to poverty reduction in the rural society of Tanzania. The study was based on the fact that Microfinance has proved to be an effective and powerful tool for poverty reduction. The researcher interviewed 93 Mwanga Community Bank Limited Clients and the management to see the …
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Country Schoolgirls: A Study of Rural Women and the Rise of Public Education, 1820-1914
… the rise of public education, its influence on rural society, and the ways that farmwomen used schooling for a variety of purposes. Throughout the nineteenth century, more opportunities for women appeared as communities in the mountainous areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania established free, …
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The 'Bury-al Board': poverty, politics and poor relief in the Brixworth Union, Northamptonshire c.1870-1900
… century. It traces the role of the poor law in rural society and how policy was shaped by central and local factors. The study, therefore, examines the politics of poor relief, the forces that shaped poor law policies and the impact those policies had on rural society in the context of the …
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The Yellow Revolution in Malwa : alternative arenas of struggle and the cultural politics of development
… social transformation and structures of power in rural society in India. The first is a specific critique of various types of development discourse and development projects that have been elaborated by national and international elites during the last forty years, focusing on the dry land Malwa …
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A Pragmatic Experiment of Rural Construction Movement: The Self-Government of Wanxi in Southwestern Henan, 1930 -1940
… other is from the a??local state buildinga??, or rural reconstruction. Consequently, this thesis argues that the local self-government of Wanxi had two-fold significance for modern Chinese history study. First, it could be regarded as a vivid case of Guomindanga??s failure in extending the state …
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Socio-economic drivers of agricultural production in a transition economy: A case study of Hu Village, Sichuan Province, China
… and industrialisation, deagrarianisation of rural society has been widely identified (Bryceson, 1996; Rigg, 2006a). As the largest developing country in the world, China embarked on market reform three decades ago and has ever since experienced dramatic socio-economic transition towards …
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Force and Counterforce: The Rural-Urban Encounter in The Novels of Thomas Hardy and Premcand
… occurrences of their times--the upheaval of rural society through an encounter with urban-industrial forces. Considering the wide gulf in culture, geography, and history between imperial Victorian England in the late nineteenth century, and colonial Victorian India in the early twentieth, it …
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Engaging Bad Governments: Resource Groups and Patterns of Engagement in Bangladesh
… organizations (NGOs) to permeate rural society. These NGOs operate programs through resource groups, small groups of impoverished women who gather at the village or ward levels. This dissertation argues that resource groups have built new citizen-state relationships and enabled new …
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Village adoption scheme : a model for rural development
… Adoption Scheme" as a model for energising the rural economy in India and to slow down rural - urban migration which research has shown to be harmful to both; rural and urban people of India and their regions. The model presented here is designed to use the resources existing in social, …
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The German peasant family, 1925-1939 : the problems of the republic and the impact of national socialism
Rural society during the German National Socialist movement has been overlooked by most historians. Instead the urban elements are stressed. I have chosen to study the impact of National Socialism upon peasant families.Three major limitations exist for this project. First, only the peasant family …
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Estate management at Goodwood in the mid nineteenth century: A study in changing roles and relationships
… hierarchy began to develop. The balances of rural society which Richmond maintained were in potential conflict with his task of leading improved agriculture. Such improvement needed dynamic change, which was not encouraged in a highly traditional, rural context such as the west of Sussex. The …
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City Farm Garden : countering the impacts of urban expansion in a rural valley in the Western Cape through a gardening approach to place-making
Globally, the uniqueness of rural landscapes is at risk of disappearing (Makhzoumi & Pungetti 1999:16, 24). Global changes threaten traditional landscapes, biodiversity and the structure of rural society, and impact local, regional and global ecological processes that will ultimately determine the …
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Charitable provision for the rural poor: a case study of policies and attitudes in Northamptonshire in the first half of the nineteenth century
… the ‘mixed economy of welfare’ available to the rural poor in Northamptonshire in the first half of the nineteenth century. It is the first major study of this kind, as hitherto, historians of welfare have largely concentrated on the public charity of poor relief. It covers the basic needs of the …
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The bouquet of freedom : social and economic relations in the Stellenbosch district, c1870-1900
… with the impact of industrialisation on rural society. Primary sources used include archival records, newspapers and the annual reports of the district branch of the Standard Bank. Labour legislation passed in the aftermath of slavery was most successful in tying labour to the farms when …
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Territory, Settlement, Household: A Project of Rural China
… to the city. It challenges current strategies of rural regeneration in China, which heavily rely on models of urbanisation, as well as the prevailing mentality that views the countryside as not just economically but also culturally and intellectually under-developed. The key research question is …
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