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Migration into Rural Areas
Kay Boyle
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Description for Migration into Rural Areas
Hardcover. This popular dream of "escaping into the countryside" has caused great change in the population structures of Western society in this century. Editor(s): Boyle, Paul; Halfacree, Dr. Keith. Num Pages: 338 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
This innovative book brings together the world's leading scholars of rural migration to examine the theoretical construction of counterurbanisation as a pervasive feature of most modern Western societies and, in a series of specially written contributions based on original research, indicate the problem and issues that the process involves, touching on class, gender, community, conflict, economic and social change, isolation and lifestyle. This is an important summary of "state-of-the-art" research in this important field of population geography.
This innovative book brings together the world's leading scholars of rural migration to examine the theoretical construction of counterurbanisation as a pervasive feature of most modern Western societies and, in a series of specially written contributions based on original research, indicate the problem and issues that the process involves, touching on class, gender, community, conflict, economic and social change, isolation and lifestyle. This is an important summary of "state-of-the-art" research in this important field of population geography.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471969891
SKU
V9780471969891
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Ref
99-50
About Kay Boyle
Paul Boyle is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leeds. Keith Halfacree is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Wales, Swansea
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