Rural families and work overview / Jean W. Bauer, Elizabeth M. Dolan -- Theories for studying rural families and work / Jean W. Bauer, Elizabeth M. Dolan -- Rural does matter: understanding the rural context / Jean W. Bauer ... [et al.] -- Making rural employment work / Elizabeth M. Dolan, Jean...

The professionalization of farming for women in late Victorian Britain: the role and legacy of the Langham Place feminists / Karen Sayer and Nicola Verdon -- Good farms, markets, and communities: Emily Hoag and rural women's studies / Joan M. Jensen -- Professionalizing farm women, recognizing...

"A compilation of policy-relevant research by a multidisciplinary group of scholars on the state of families in rural America in the twenty-first century. Examines the impact of economic restructuring on rural Americans and provides policy recommendations for addressing the challenges they...

"Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban areas, and single-industry towns to the shock...

While the first half of the 20th century was characterized by total war, the second half witnessed, at least in the Western world, a massive expansion of the modern welfare state. A growing share of the population was covered by ever more generous systems of social protection that dramatically...