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Page 39
And a growing segment represented the suburbanites whose settlements away
from the cities first flourished with the advent of the street car and interurban lines
and were further stimulated by the commuting possibilities of the automobile.
And a growing segment represented the suburbanites whose settlements away
from the cities first flourished with the advent of the street car and interurban lines
and were further stimulated by the commuting possibilities of the automobile.
Page 45
Compared to the beginning of that decade, more people today are living in the
open country or in villages and commuting to cities for work or for trade and
services, even when the city in question is a nonmetropolitan place rather than a
large ...
Compared to the beginning of that decade, more people today are living in the
open country or in villages and commuting to cities for work or for trade and
services, even when the city in question is a nonmetropolitan place rather than a
large ...
Page 104
from the inhabitants of the nation's twelve largest cities to those of more sparsely
settled areas" (p. 51). Rural people, both blacks and whites, scored higher on this
Index of Well -Being than city people (pp. 52-53). A substantial relationship was ...
from the inhabitants of the nation's twelve largest cities to those of more sparsely
settled areas" (p. 51). Rural people, both blacks and whites, scored higher on this
Index of Well -Being than city people (pp. 52-53). A substantial relationship was ...
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Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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| Title | Rural U.S.A.: persistence and change |
| Editor | Thomas R. Ford |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Iowa State University Press, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 081381345X, 9780813813455 |
| Length | 255 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Sociology / General Social Science / Sociology / Rural Sociology, Rural United States |
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