Industrial Growth in the Tennessee Valley Region, 1959 to 1968

Charles B. Garrison

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1974, vol. 56, issue 1, 50-60

Abstract: Shift analysis and the technique of entropy indicate an increase in the strength of rural and small-town counties competing with urban areas for manufacturing employment during the study period. Increase in the strength of the most rural counties apparently was confined to labor-oriented industries, but small towns and small cities were successful in attracting industries of varying orientations. Despite the rapid rate of industrialization, rural counties experienced slow or negative population growth; this is attributed to the absence of sizeable employment multiplier effects and to offsetting employment declines in extractive industries. The implication is that considerable potential exists for further rural industrialization.

Date: 1974
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