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):

Sociology, Rural--United States.

Sociology, Rural.

Social change--United States.

Social change.

United States--Rural conditions--Case studies.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-280-82914-1

9786610829149

0-85199-777-5

OCLC:

476055823