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Download full textSelvik, Arne, Comp.; Summers, Gene F., Comp. – 1977
A reference for program and research planning on industrialization in nonmetropolitan (rural) areas, this annotated bibliography cites U.S. case studies on social impacts caused by rural industrial growth completed between 1965 and 1974. More than 150 journal articles (written by economists, geographers, and sociologists) and research reports…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Economic Factors, Employment
Sizer, Leonard M.; Smith, Edward A. – 1972
The application of migration and plant location theories to Jackson County, West Virginia, formerly a rural agricultural county and now the location of an aluminum reduction plant, is described in this paper. Data collected from a representative sample of households in Jackson County--a 5% area probability sample in rural Jackson County, a 10%…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Communications, Community Development, Ecology
Reddy, S. K. – 1973
The problems faced by 3 rural communities in Mississippi are identified, and their development programs are analyzed. Data were collected from 3 nonmetropolitan, multicounty centers, located in 3 distinct geographic regions of Mississippi. The 3 major analytical and data collecting concepts used were actions or programs; associations,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Blacks, Citizen Participation, Community Programs
Bogie, Donald Wayne – 1970
In an effort to determine whether there are differences in areas of residence that affect the aspirations and expectations of young people living therein, this study examined occupational and educational aspirations of 1,835 rural high school seniors from 3 sociocultural contexts in Kentucky: (1) a low-opportunity, rural-poverty area in central…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Doctoral Dissertations, Economic Factors
Marshall, Ray, Ed. – 1977
The papers in this volume are concerned with rural development, with emphasis on the problems of low-income groups. Stephen McDonald explores economic factors in farm outmigration. Virgil Christian, Jr. and Adamantios Pepelasis discuss the extent and importance of economies of size in agriculture. Thomas Till analyzes the nature and extent of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture, Economic Development, Economic Factors
