Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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Page 61
... Status . Historically , nonmetropolitan areas have lagged behind metropolitan areas in objective measures of socioeconomic status and levels of living . Yet Carl Taylor observed in 1949 that rural and urban levels of living had become ...
... Status . Historically , nonmetropolitan areas have lagged behind metropolitan areas in objective measures of socioeconomic status and levels of living . Yet Carl Taylor observed in 1949 that rural and urban levels of living had become ...
Page 166
... status ; their present status vis - à - vis the larger white majority ; and prospects for enhancing their status in rural areas in the future . The statuses of all three ethnic minorities are rooted in a complex of historical events and ...
... status ; their present status vis - à - vis the larger white majority ; and prospects for enhancing their status in rural areas in the future . The statuses of all three ethnic minorities are rooted in a complex of historical events and ...
Page 179
... status jobs are more traditional in their thinking than are their urban counterparts ; that is not true of women in high - status jobs , regardless of residence ( Roper , 1974 , authors ' analysis ) . Rural women probably do not regard ...
... status jobs are more traditional in their thinking than are their urban counterparts ; that is not true of women in high - status jobs , regardless of residence ( Roper , 1974 , authors ' analysis ) . Rural women probably do not regard ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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