Against All Odds: Rural Community In The Information Age

Against All Odds: Rural Community In The Information Age
ISBN-10
0429973845
ISBN-13
9780429973840
Series
Against All Odds
Category
Social Science
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2018-03-05
Publisher
Routledge
Author
John C Allen

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 over the United States are losing their businesses, their doctors, and their sense of community. Yet the town described in this study is thriving. Against All Odds identifies pride, determination, and a sense of belonging that must be nurtured,and the local organization that binds all of these factors together,in order to keep a small town alive in the face of powerful disruptive forces. Not since Vidich and Bensman's landmark Small Town in Mass Society has such a thoughful examination of a contemporary rural community been available.

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