<p>Must rural Americans pay the price of urban progress and modern lifestyles? How will the increased pressures of the 1980s affect those who live and work in rural communities? In addressing these overriding questions the authors of this book take a serious look at such issues as who will operate our farms and how those farms will meet rising demands for food, how higher energy costs will change life in rural areas, the current and future needs of rural families and their communities, who in fact lives in these communities, and what can be done about escalating rural crime and recent social changes that have disrupted the traditional patterns of rural society. Because the United States is an interdependent system of rural and urban, of providers and consumers, these issues are vitally important to all-scholars, policy makers, and citizens alike. The contributors bring us up to date on the contemporary rural scene and offer suggestions for research essential to intelligent decision making about the challenges and problems the 1980s hold in store for rural America.</p>

Rural Society In The U.s.: Issues For The 1980s

Politics & Social Sciences

Dillman, Don A.

Hobbs, Daryl J

Social Sciences

Routledge

<p><div><b>John C. Allen</b> is assistant professor of rural sociology at the University of Nebraska. <b>Don A. Dillman</b> is professor of sociology, a rural sociologist, and director of the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center at Washington State University.</div></p>

EDITORS

Westview Press

Lee, Gary R.

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