Persistence and change in rural communities [ a 50-year follow-up to six classic studies

Persistence and change in rural communities [ a 50-year follow-up to six classic studies

A reexamination of the six rural community study areas in the USA is presented to document some of the diverse patterns of social organization and change that have characterized US rural communities over the 50 years following the original study effort.t also discusses the community characteristics...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Krannich, Richard S. (Author), Luloff, A. E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : CABI , c2002
Subjects:
Social change > United States
Sociology, Rural > United States
United States > Rural conditions
United States > Rural conditions > Case studies
Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2002/20023183586.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Community change and community theory
  • 2. Sublette, Kansas : persistence and change in Haskell County
  • 3. Irwin, Iowa : persistence and change in Shelby County
  • 4. Community change in Harmony, Georgia, 1943-1993
  • 5. Community change and persience: Landaff, New Hampshire
  • 6. Community and social well-being in contemporary El Cerrito
  • 7. The old order Amish community 50 years later
  • 8. A 50-year perspective on persistence and change: lessons from the rural studies communities

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