On the potential of being a village boy: An argument for local rural ethnography

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-237

  Heley, Jesse ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; VILLAGE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959701306     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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