Drawing extensively 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 ...

This authoritative book contains case studies drawn from both the developed and developing world to introduce and illustrate conceptual ideas and approaches, as well as suggested further reading. Written in an engaging and lively style, Rural …

2022年7月11日 · Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in geography and related disciplines.

2010年10月6日 · This authoritative book contains case studies drawn from both the developed and developing world to introduce and illustrate conceptual ideas and approaches, as well as suggested further reading. Written in an engaging and lively style, Rural challenges the reader to think differently about the rural.

《农村/当代地理科学译丛·学术专著系列》基于构成农村空间的三要素，即农村的生活、农村的表征及农村的地方性，考察、探索和批判了在人文地理学及相关学科中乡村性与农村空间观念的不同方法以及农村地区的生产与再生产的诸问题。 农村地区所具有的多种功能性与价值使农村地区带有不明确的、复杂的特质。 由于不同的人对农村地区的价值及农村所强调的功能持有不同的意见，所以农村作为一个非常有争议的地方，应该重新对其进行界定与梳理。 《农村/当代地理科学译 …

2010年10月18日 · Drawing extensively 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...

2005年1月5日 · "With Rural Geography Michael Woods remedies the often underestimated dynamism of rural places and rural society by providing the much-needed synthesis of the European and North American literature on rural restructuring and globalization processes." - Patrick H. Mooney, University of Kentucky.

2021年10月12日 · by Woods, Michael Publication date 2005 Topics Rural conditions, Rural geography, Rural development, Agriculture and state, Sociology, Rural Publisher London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 665.4M xiv, 330 p. : 25 cm

Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in Geography and related disciplines. It focuses on key ways in which geographers have engaged with and explored the rural.

'Michael Woods has taken on the formidable task of giving an overview of rural places and society in advanced economies as a single author and has presented a book that rightly deserves to …