02738nam 22005894a 450 991045536780332120200520144314.01-280-82914-197866108291490-85199-777-5(CKB)111087028073676(EBL)293860(OCoLC)476055823(SSID)ssj0000220042(PQKBManifestationID)11186576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220042(PQKBWorkID)10143063(PQKB)11268886(MiAaPQ)EBC293860(Au-PeEL)EBL293860(CaPaEBR)ebr10060469(EXLCZ)9911108702807367620020411d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPersistence and change in rural communities[electronic resource] a 50-year follow-up to six classic studies /edited by A.E. Luloff and R.S. KrannichWallingford, Oxon, UK ;New York CABI Pub.c20021 online resource (202 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85199-521-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index.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; IndexIn 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.Sociology, RuralUnited StatesSocial changeUnited StatesUnited StatesRural conditionsCase studiesElectronic books.Sociology, RuralSocial change307.72/0973Luloff A. E933611Krannich Richard S933612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455367803321Persistence and change in rural communities2101895UNINA