The church & the land the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 /
Bovee, David S. 1952-
The church & the land the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / [electronic resource] : Church and the land : the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 David S. Bovee. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010. - xiii, 399 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780813217598 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--United States.
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
Rural churches--United States.
Electronic books.
BX1407.R8 / B68 2010
282/.73091734
The church & the land the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / [electronic resource] : Church and the land : the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 David S. Bovee. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010. - xiii, 399 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780813217598 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--United States.
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
Rural churches--United States.
Electronic books.
BX1407.R8 / B68 2010
282/.73091734