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Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
Pubbl/distr/stampa University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina 307.720973
Collana Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society
Soggetto topico Sociology, Rural - United States
Rural development - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-271-03143-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910480363303321
University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Materiale a stampa
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Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
Pubbl/distr/stampa University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina 307.720973
Collana Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society
Soggetto topico Sociology, Rural - United States
Rural development - United States
ISBN 0-271-03143-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777617303321
University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
Pubbl/distr/stampa University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ;
Disciplina 307.720973
Collana Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society
Soggetto topico Sociology, Rural - United States
Rural development - United States
ISBN 0-271-03143-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813768603321
University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Natural resource dependence, rural development, and rural poverty / / Kenneth L. Deavers and David L. Brown
Natural resource dependence, rural development, and rural poverty / / Kenneth L. Deavers and David L. Brown
Autore Deavers Kenneth L (Kenneth Lee), <1937->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 1985
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (v, 16 pages) : illustrations, maps
Collana Rural development research report
Soggetto topico Farms - United States
Rural development - United States
Rural poor - United States
Natural resources - United States
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910703428303321
Deavers Kenneth L (Kenneth Lee), <1937->  
Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 1985
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Social and economic characteristics of the population in metro and nonmetro counties, 1970-80 / / David A. McGranahan [and three others]
Social and economic characteristics of the population in metro and nonmetro counties, 1970-80 / / David A. McGranahan [and three others]
Autore McGranahan David A.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 1986
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (iv, 70 pages) : color illustrations
Collana Rural development research report
Soggetto topico Economic indicators - United States
Social indicators - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Statistics.
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910703427403321
McGranahan David A.  
Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 1986
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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