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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright, Dedication 2 Contents 8 List of Figures 12 List of Tables 14 Acknowledgments 16 Introduction. Rural America Enters the New Millennium 18 1. Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration 34 2. African Americans in Rural America 49 3. American Indians: Their Contemporary Reality and Future Trajectory 60 4. Latinos in Rural America 74 5. What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? 88 6. Older Rural Families 103 7. Rural Children and Youth at Risk 114 8. Rural Women: New Roles for the New Century? 126 9. Rural Poverty: The Persisting Challenge 135 10. How People Make a Living in Rural America 150 11. Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring?: Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future 169 12. Commuting: A Good Job Nearby? 183 13. Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System 194 14. Tourism and Natural Amenity Development: Real Opportunities? 207 15. Community Agency and Local Development 218 16. Social Capital 231 17. Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development 245 18. The Global/Local Interface 256 19. Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance 269 20. Religion 279 21. Promoting Ed
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- Author
- Rural Sociological Society.;Barton, Alan W.;Brown, David Louis;Swanson, Louis E
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780271031439
- Category
- academic
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Science
- Rating
- 3.08 / 5 (13 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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