About the Author:
Cornelia Butler Flora is director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development and professor of sociology at Iowa State University, where she is also Charles F. Curtis distinguished professor of agriculture. Cornelia Butler Flora is professor in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University.Jan L. Flora is professor in the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University.Susan Fey is at North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University.
Review:
"This book paints an illuminating picture of the complexity that is rural America today. A highly readable examination of the issues, this book sets a new standard for a publication that is both narratively approachable and theoretically rigorous."
-Karl N. Stauber, president of the Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota, and former Under Secretary, USDA
"This is an exciting, practical, well-researched, and usable framework for making a difference in rural communities. Highly recommended to anyone interested in understanding how rural communitites function and in being part of positive community development in rural America."
-Dick Senese, Associate Dean, Community Development & Vitality, University of Minnesota Extension Service
"This long-awaited update incorporates conceptual developments of the past decade. The focus remains on the unique character of rural America, but the authors make it clear that rural can only be understood in light of urban, national, and global phenomena. By the same token, students and other scholars interested primarily in urban phenomena will find much of interest in Rural Communitites."
-Connor Bailey, Auburn University
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