Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives

1978 - 2002

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RDP Book Reviews: Rural Development Perspectives
Sustaining A Rural Black Farming Community in the South A Portrait of Brooks Farm, Mississippi: Valerie Grim and Anne Effland
Industrial Uses of Agricultural Products Such as Crambe Play a Role in Rural Community Development: Jacqueline Salsgiver
Rural Areas in the New Telecommunications Era: Peter L. Stenberg, Sania Rahman, M. Bree Perrin and Erica Johnson
Commuting and the Economic Functions of Small Towns and Places: Lorna Aldrich, Calvin Beale and Kathleen Kassel
Rural Industry Clusters Raise Local Earnings: Robert M. Gibbs and G. Andrew Bernat
Rural Labor Markets Often Lead Urban Markets in Recessions and Expansions: Karen Hamrick
Overcoming Persistent Poverty—And Sinking Into It Income Trends in Persistent-Poverty and Other High- Poverty Rural Counties, 1989-94: Mark Nord
Front Matter: Rural Development Perspectives

RDP Book Announcements: Dennis Roth
RDP Book Reviews: Dennis Roth
A County-Level Measure of Urban Influence: Linda M. Ghelfi and Timothy S. Parker
Why U.S. Agriculture and Rural Areas Have a Stake in Small Farms: Cheryl J. Steele
Direct Farm Marketing as a Rural Development Tool: Fred Gale
When Rural Communities Lose Passenger Rail Service: Dennis Brown
Manufacturing and the Midwest Rural Economy Recent Trends and Implications for the Future: G. Andrew Bernat
Front Matter: Rural Development Perspectives

Communities May Lose Military Retirees Along with Their Bases: Mark Fagan and Richard Reeder
Back Matter: Rural Development Perspectives
Front Matter: Rural Development Perspectives
Census Tracts More Precisely Define Rural Populations and Areas: John B. Cromartie and Linda L. Swanson
Minimum Wage Increase Could Raise Many Rural Workers’Wages: Leslie A. Whitener and Timothy S. Parker
RDP Book Reviews: Dennis Roth
RDP Book Announcements: Dennis Roth
Computer Use by Rural Workers is Rapidly Increasing: Lorin Kusmin
Lone Eagles and High Fliers in Rural Producer Services: William B. Beyers and David P. Lindahl

Who’s Vulnerable to Federal Budget Cuts?: Richard Reeder, Faqir Bagi and Samuel Calhoun
Rural Prisons: An Update: Calvin L. Beale
Table of Contents: Rural Development Perspectives
Deadwood, South Dakota—Gambling, Historic Preservation, and Economic Revitalization: William V. Ackerman
RDP Book Reviews: Dennis Roth
RDP Book Announcements: Dennis Roth
Rural America’s Transportation Network: Issues for the 1990’s: Dennis Brown
State Rural Development Councils Are Creating Public-Private Partnerships: Beryl A. Radin

Returning the Wolf to the Northwest: Cecil W. Davison
Historic Preservation as Part of Downtown Redevelopment: Peter L. Stenberg
Rural Consumers Go to Town with Retail Dollars: H. Frederick Gale
Many Low-Income Rural Families Benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit: Ron Durst

More Metro than Nonmetro Students Have Access to Computers, But Their Rates of Usage Are Similar: Elizabeth J. Greenberg
Job Training Lags for Rural Workers: Paul L. Swaim
Workers With Higher Literacy Skills Not as Well Rewarded in Rural Areas: Elizabeth J. Greenberg, Paul L. Swaim and Ruy A. Teixeira
Going Away to College and Wider Urban Job Opportunities Take Highly Educated Youth Away from Rural Areas: Robert M. Gibbs
More Rural Students Are Graduating from High School, But a Serious Dropout Problem Remains: Kathleen M. Paasch and Paul L. Swaim
Nonmetro Student Achievement on Par with Metro: Elizabeth J. Greenberg and Ruy A. Teixeira
Rural Schools--Fewer Highly Trained Teachers and Special Programs, But Better Learning Environment: Dale Ballou and Michael Podgursky
Introduction to Special Issue on Rural Skills: Paul L. Swaim

U.S. and Canadian Farm Structure: More Similarities than Differences: Leslie A. Whitener and Ray D. Bollman
An Update on Rural Manufacturing: Rural Capital Expenditures Lagged Urban in 1992: Bernat, G. Andrew,
Planned Retirement/Recreation Communities Are Among Development Strategies Open to Amenity-Rich Rural Areas: Paul B. Siegel, Frank O. Leuthold and Judith I. Stallman
American Indian Gaming Operations and Local Development: Anicca C. Jansen