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Against All Odds: Rural Community in the Information Age Hardcover - 1994
by John C. Allen; Don A. Dillman
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- Title Against All Odds: Rural Community in the Information Age
- Author John C. Allen; Don A. Dillman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 239
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, Boulder, CO
- Date 1994-09
- ISBN 9780813388212 / 081338821X
- Reading level 1280
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94027434
- Dewey Decimal Code 307.720
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Against All Odds: Rural Community In The Information Age (Rural Studies Series) FIRST EDITION
by Allen, John C; Dillman, Don A
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Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Illustrated. The author's 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 thoughtful examination of a contemporary rural community been available. Burgundy cloth with…
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