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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455367803321

Titolo

Persistence and change in rural communities [[electronic resource] ] : a 50-year follow-up to six classic studies / / edited by A.E. Luloff and R.S. Krannich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002

ISBN

1-280-82914-1

9786610829149

0-85199-777-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LuloffA. E

KrannichRichard S

Disciplina

307.72/0973

Soggetti

Sociology, Rural - United States

Social change - United States

Electronic books.

United States Rural conditions Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Community Change and Community Theory; 3 Sublette, Kansas: Persistence and Change in Haskell County; 4 Irwin, Iowa: Persistence and Change in Shelby County; 5 Community Change in Harmony, Georgia, 1943-1993; 6 Community Change and Persistence: Landaff, New Hampshire; 7 Community and Social Well-being in Contemporary El Cerrito; 8 The Old Order Amish Community 50 Years Later; 9 A 50-year Perspective on Persistence and Change: Lessons from the Rural Studies Communities; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the 1930's and 1940's the US Department of Agriculture undertook detailed studies of 6 US rural communities representing various patterns of social and economic change that were affecting rural America. These studies became classics in the literature on rural communities, and have helped to develop theoretical perspectives in community sociology.