
Against All Odds
Rural Community In The Information Age
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2019
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-0-367-31961-8 (ISBN)
Description
The authors' model orients this community in the vortex of contemporary forces, pointing up, for example, the need for face-to-face interaction among residents versus the larger society's demand for electronic communication. With increasing conflicts between the culture of rural communities and that of the ?outside world? occurring, small towns all
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-31961-8 (9780367319618)
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Persons
John C Allen
Content
Preface -- Confronting the Inevitable -- Locating Bremer: Influences of Space and Time -- Gaining Perspective: A Framework for Analysis -- Agriculture: Reconciliation of Making a Living, Government, and a Way of Life -- Bremer's Other Businesses: Each in Its Proper Place -- More Important than Government: The Community Club -- Gender: Women's Roles Have Changed, Most Men's Haven't -- Medical Care: Fulfilling the Old Doctor's Account and Getting a Replacement -- Education in Bremer: No Dropouts and a Winning Sports Program -- Religion: A Tradition Bypassed? -- Class and Social Life -- Community Expression and Renewal: The Bremer Fair and Stock Show -- Community in Bremer . . . and the United States -- Appendix Origins of This Study and the Research Methods