The church & the land [electronic resource] : the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / David S. Bovée.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 399 p.) : illISBN:- 9780813217598 (electronic bk.)
- 0813217598 (electronic bk.)
- Church and the land
- 282/.73091734 22
- BX1407.R8 B68 2010eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-382) and index.
Preface -- Catholic rural America to 1920 -- O'Hara and the formation of the conference -- The Catholic rural population problem -- The Great Depression -- Programs to meet the crisis -- Inside the NCRLC -- Ligutti takes the helm -- The conference becomes international -- Helping developing countries -- The end of the Ligutti era -- Organizing for social involvement -- For the family farm in the age of agribusiness -- Fighting poverty -- Stewardship of the planet -- Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades.
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