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Rural people and communities in the 21st century : resilience and transformation / David L. Brown and Kai A. Schafft.

By: Brown, David LContributor(s): Schafft, Kai AMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge : Polity press, 2019. Edition: Second EditionDescription: ix, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9781509529858 (hardback); 9781509529865 (pbk.)Subject(s): Rural conditions | United States -- Rural conditionsDDC classification: 306.0973 Online resources: WorldCat details
Contents:
Table of contents Thinking about rural places in metropolitan society -- Rurality in metropolitan societies -- Urbanization and population redistribution -- Rural politics and governance -- Rural communities, institutions and environments -- Understanding community in rural society -- Community institutions in rural society -- Natural resources and social change -- Rural populations -- Youth, aging, and the life course -- Racial and ethnic minorities in rural areas -- Rural economy and socioeconomic wellbeing -- Making a living in rural communities -- Farms, farmers, and farming in contemporary rural society -- Poverty across rural people and places -- Conclusions -- A transformed rural society: challenges and opportunities for the future.
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Reserve Section 		Non-fiction 306.0973 BRR 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan 30867
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Revised edition of the authors' Rural people and communities in the 21st century, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents Thinking about rural places in metropolitan society -- Rurality in metropolitan societies -- Urbanization and population redistribution -- Rural politics and governance -- Rural communities, institutions and environments -- Understanding community in rural society -- Community institutions in rural society -- Natural resources and social change -- Rural populations -- Youth, aging, and the life course -- Racial and ethnic minorities in rural areas -- Rural economy and socioeconomic wellbeing -- Making a living in rural communities -- Farms, farmers, and farming in contemporary rural society -- Poverty across rural people and places -- Conclusions -- A transformed rural society: challenges and opportunities for the future.

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