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1 online resource (ix, 513 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Rural studies series
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Rural studies series.
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Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
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Note |
"Sponsored by the Rural Sociological Society"--Page 4 of cover. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-472) and index. |
Contents |
PART I: WHO LIVES IN RURAL AMERICA TODAY? -- Unpredictable directions in rural population growth and migration / Kenneth M. Johnson -- African Americans in rural America / Rosalind P. Harris, Dreamal Worthen -- American Indians: their contemporary reality and future trajectory / Angela A. Gonzales -- Latinos in rural America / Rogelio Saenz, Cruz C. Torres -- What do rural families look like today? / Katherine MacTavish, Sonya Salamon -- Older rural families / Nina Glasgow -- Rural children and youth at risk / Daniel T. Lichter [and others] -- Rural women: new roles for the new century? / Ann R. Tickamyer, Debra A. Henderson -- Rural poverty: the persisting challenge / Leif Jensen [and others] -- PART II: A TRANSFORMED RURAL ECONOMY -- How people make a living in rural America / David A. McGranahan -- Who benefits from economic restructuring? Lessons from the past, challenges for the future / William W. Falk, Linda M. Lobao -- Commuting: a good job nearby? / Leanne M. Tigges, Glenn V. Fuguitt -- Continuities and disjunctures in the transformation of the U.S. agro-food system / Frederick H. Buttel -- Tourism and natural amenity development: real opportunities? / Richard S. Krannich, Peggy Petrzelka -- PART III: THE RURAL COMMUNITY: IS IT LOCAL? IS IT A COMMUNITY? -- Community agency and local development / A.E. Luloff, Jeffrey C. Bridger -- Social capital / Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora -- Civil society, civic communities, and rural development / Thomas A. Lyson, Charles M. Tolbert -- Global/local interface / Alessandro Bonanno, Douglas H. Constance -- Competition, cooperation, and local governance / Mildred E. Warner -- Religion / Leland Glenna -- Promoting educational achievement: a partnership of families, schools, and communities / Lionel J. Beaulieu [and others] -- Rural health policy / Lois Wright Morton -- PART IV: PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: TOUGH TRADEOFFS IN AN ERA WITH VANISHING BUFFERS -- Transforming rural America: the challenges of land use change in the twenty-first century / Douglas B. Jackson-Smith -- Community and resource extraction in rural America / Lynn England, Ralph B. Brown -- Fur, fins, and feathers: whose home is it anyway? / Steven E. Daniels, Joan M. Brehm -- PART V: CHANGING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES: NEW UNCERTAINTIES AND NEW CHALLENGES -- What role can community play in local economic development? / Gary Paul Green -- Devolution: who is responsible for rural America? / Jeffrey S. Sharp, Domenico M. Parisi -- Welfare reform in rural areas: a voyage through uncharted waters / Julie N. Zimmerman, Thomas A. Hirschl -- Impact of global economic practices on American farming / Philip McMichael -- Catalytic community development: a theory of practice for changing rural society / Kenneth E. Pigg, Ted K. Bradshaw. |
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Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
United States -- Rural conditions.
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United States. |
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Rural conditions. |
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Sociology, Rural -- United States.
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Sociology, Rural. |
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Rural development -- United States.
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Rural development. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Brown, David L. (David Louis), 1945-
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Swanson, Louis E.
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Barton, Alan W.
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Rural Sociological Society.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century. University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2003 0271022418 0271022426 (DLC) 2003009910 (OCoLC)52165696 |
ISBN |
0271031433 (electronic book) |
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9780271031439 (electronic book) |
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0271022418 (alkaline paper) |
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9780271022413 (alkaline paper) |
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0271022426 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780271022420 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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