Bovee, David S.  1952- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813217598 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--United States.<br/>National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rural churches--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX1407.R8  / B68 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>282/.73091734