Rural development in the United States : connecting theory, practice, and possibilities /

Rural Development in the United States presents a comprehensive evaluation of the economic, environmental, and political implications of past rural development and a thorough consideration of the directions in which future development efforts should go. The authors have assembled the best of what is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Galston, William A. (William Arthur), 1946-
Other Authors:	Baehler, Karen J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1995]
Subjects:	Rural development > United States. United States > Rural conditions. Développement rural > États-Unis. États-Unis > Conditions rurales. Ländliche Entwicklung. USA. Ländliche Entwicklung / Ländliche Entwicklungsplanung / USA.
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Table of Contents:

1. Rural America in the 1990s: Trends and Choices
2. Development: A Conceptual Framework
3. Development: An Economic Process
4. Development: A Political Strategy
5. Natural Resources
6. Manufacturing
7. The Service Sector
8. Tourism
9. The Elderly
10. High Technology
11. Telecommunications
Conclusion: Toward the Next Millennium.