Bovée, David S.  1952- <br/><br/>
The church & the land  the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / 
 Church and the land 
David S. Bovée. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Catholic University of America Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) :  illustrations. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813217598 
<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  / .C487 2010