Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... traditional federal programs designed to aid rural communities were packaged together in the Rural Development Act of 1972 , which had as a general goal the improvement of the quality of rural life . Like most of its predecessors , the ...
... traditional federal programs designed to aid rural communities were packaged together in the Rural Development Act of 1972 , which had as a general goal the improvement of the quality of rural life . Like most of its predecessors , the ...
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... traditional norms concerning woman's proper place : in the home , with the children , and supportive of her spouse's endeavors . A recent survey provides empirical evidence that rural women are holding rather tenaciously to traditional ...
... traditional norms concerning woman's proper place : in the home , with the children , and supportive of her spouse's endeavors . A recent survey provides empirical evidence that rural women are holding rather tenaciously to traditional ...
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... Traditional beliefs and life - styles coexist with romanticized faith in rurality and urban , middle- class life - styles and attitudes . In these respects , rural residents thus par- ticipate in an urbanized society regardless of their ...
... Traditional beliefs and life - styles coexist with romanticized faith in rurality and urban , middle- class life - styles and attitudes . In these respects , rural residents thus par- ticipate in an urbanized society regardless of their ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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