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Conflict and change in the countryside : rural society, economy, and planning in the developed world

Title: Conflict and change in the countryside : rural society, economy, and planning in the developed world / Guy M. Robinson.
Author: Robinson, G. M. (Guy M.)
Publication: London ; New York : Belhaven Press, 1990.

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Description

xxvi, 482 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"This is a carefully designed text for students of the social and economic aspects of rural life in Western developed countries, emphsising the pressures and problems associated with recent change. The general theme of the book is the way in which rural areas have been affected by economic change and urbanisation since 1945." From book jacket.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-471) and index.

Contents

1. The rural realm -- 2. The urbanisation of rural communities -- 3. Rural depopulation -- 4. Counter-urbanisation -- 5. The new agricultural revolution -- 6. Agricultural development and government policy -- 7. Forestry -- 8. Rural industrialisation -- 9. Planning for development -- 10. Planning for conservation -- 11. Planning for rural servicies -- 12. Village planning.

ISBN

1852930438
9781852930431
1852930446
9781852930448

LCCN

90000321

OCLC

ocm21231785
21231785
SCSB-8942963

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library