Author: AXINN, GEORGE H
Title: New Strategies for Rural Development. Collection of Papers By George H. Axinn, Michigan State University U.S. A. And Tribhuvan University Nepal.
Description: East Lansing, MI: (East Lansing, MI/Kathmandu, Nepal) : Rural Life Associates, (1978) , 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Ex-Libris; B&W Illustrations; 6 3/4 x 9 3/4; 194 pages; Soft cover has white spine. Covers have some light sunning, rubbing, scuffing, bumping. A blind stamp on title page of the previous owner. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with some b/w diagrams. "If the path to a better rural life is to be a changepreferred by the rural people involved, recent world experience wouldsuggest that it must be a change born from within the given ruralsocial system, be controlled by its beneficiaries, and be integratedinto the larger system of which it is a part. Such a perspective andsuch a process might be labeled "rural renaissance", for asperspective, it gives priority to the view of the farming family, andas process, it draws initiative and energy from that same family. Rural renaissance, then, may be defined as the marriage betweentraditional patterns (values, norms, technologies, and behavior) andthose innovative patterns which result in the birth of change....". Very Good+ .

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