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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luloff, A. E., 1950-

Krannich, Richard S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural conditions.

United States--Rural conditions--Case studies.

United States.

Sociology, Rural--United States.

Sociology, Rural.

Social change--United States.

Social change.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., [2002]

Summary:

In the 1930s and 1940s the US Department of Agriculture undertook detailed studies of six 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 for the past half-century have helped to develop major theoretical perspectives in community sociology. Fifty years later the same study areas were revisited by a team of rural sociologists, with the goal of assessing what changes have occurred and what community characteristics have persisted. This book provides a fascinating historical and contemporary perspective on patterns and processes of social and economic restructuring in these communities. It offers important insights into social changes affecting American rural communities over the last half of the 20th century.

Contents:

Community change and community theory / J.C. Bridger, A.E. Luloff and R.S. Krannich

Sublette, Kansas: persistence and change in Haskell County / L. Bloomquist, D. Williams and J.C. Bridger

Irwin, Iowa: persistence and change in Shelby County / E.O. Hoiberg

Community change in Harmony, Georgia, 1943-1993 / G.P. Green

Community change and persistence: Landaff, New Hampshire / F. Schmidt ... [et al.]

Community and social well-being in contemporary El Cerrito / R.S. Krannich and C. Eastman

The old order Amish community 50 years later / A.E. Luloff, J.C. Bridger and L.A. Ploch

The 50-year perspective on persistence and change: lessons from the rural studies communities / R.S. Krannich and A.E. Luloff.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0851995217

OCLC:

49610968