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.

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Catholic Church--United States.
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)


Rural churches--United States.


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