John C Allen, Don A Dillman

Against All Odds

Rural Community In The Information Age

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a highly readable portrait of a contemporary agricultural community in the northwestern United States. It is ideal for undergraduate students and other readers from different areas of the country who may have no firsthand experience of agriculture and small community life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780813388427
• ISBN-10: 0813388422
• Artikelnr.: 22421054

Autorenporträt

John C Allen

Inhaltsangabe

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