Rural Society In The U.s.

Don A. Dillman, Daryl J. Hobbs

• Also of Interest -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Research for the Rural United States -- The Policy Context for Rural-Oriented Research -- Intrusions from the 1970s -- The Reversal of Nonmetropolitan Migration Loss -- Energy -- Appropriate Technology -- The People -- The Rural American People: A Look Backward and Forward -- Persistence of Rural/Urban Differences -- Families in Rural Society -- The Elderly -- Rural Youth and the Labor Force -- Minorities -- Women -- Poverty -- The People's Needs -- Community Services -- Transportation -- Industrialization -- Employment -- Education -- Housing -- Outdoor Recreation -- Health and Medical Care -- Food and Nutrition -- Crime and Its Prevention -- The Community -- Residential Preferences -- Changing Communities -- Community Development -- Needs Assessment Surveys for Decision Makers -- Social Indicators of Well-Being -- Social Impact Assessment -- Agriculture -- The Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture -- Who Will Speak for Agriculture? -- Who Will Own and Operate America's Farms? -- Structure of Agriculture and Quality of Life in Rural Communities -- Small and Part-Time Farmers -- Natural Resources -- Rural Resources Use and the Environment -- Land Use -- Water -- Forestry -- Fisheries -- The Capacity to Respond -- Institutional and Professional Context for Rural Sociology: Constraints and Opportunities -- Issues for the 1980s -- The Reviewers for Rural Society in the U.S.: Issues for the 1980s