Mobile home parks are an increasingly common form of residence for the rural poor. A rural
central Illinois mobile home park and its residents seemingly possess features—a distinct …

Any survey of a decade of research in a particular area should describe the substantive
nature (topics treated) as well as methodological characteristics. We take up the first of these …

This chapter argues that the rural-urban dichotomy, whether defined traditionally or using
the metropolitan-nonmetropolitan division, needs to be further subdivided, and that newly …

The article discusses about the future of rural societies in a Post-Industrial age. The analytic
construct of pre-industrial society is characterized by primary extractive activities in the …

Studies have identified that, given the opportunity, the majority of North Americans would
prefer to live in small towns and rural areas. This preference is based in aesthetic notions …

The changing functions and populations of rural communities in the western world were
initially attributed to rural-urban turnaround, rural renaissance and counterurbanization. In …

The problem Interests in rural-urban distinctions have a long history. Wirth's (1938) famous
formulation on “urbanism" has been particularly important in stimulating concern for the …

Rural Sociology 43 (4), 1978, pp. 547-558 1978 by the Rural Sociological Society Making
Sense of the Concept Rural and Doing Rural Sociology: An Interpretive Perspective1 …

American culture has long held an antiurban bias. To a great extent, what we value in rural
settings is defined by what we suspect we have lost in the city. Some aspects of urban life …

The world economy is changing dramatically, and rural residents everywhere feel the impact
(Drucker 1986; Mellor 1986). Peripheral rural areas have traditionally been at the mercy of …