American Rural Communities

Foreword -- Introduction -- Small Town Demographics: Current Patterns of Community Change -- Rethinking Assumptions About Farm and Community1 -- Timber-Dependent Communities1 -- Rapid Growth Effects on Rural Community Relations -- The Character and Prospects of Rural Community Health and Medical Care -- Education and Community -- Religion and Community -- Crime and Community -- Community Development -- Community Leadership -- Leadership and Implementation in Rural Economic Development1 -- Community and Social Change: How Do Small Communities Act? -- Barriers and Opportunities for Community Development: A Summary