| Against All Odds: Rural Community in the Information Age Contributor(s): Allen, John C. (Author), Dillman, Don A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813388422 ISBN-13: 9780813388427 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: Can a meaningful sense of "community" exist within rural towns and villages of the United States as we approach the twenty-first century? The answer is a resounding yes for at least one rural community in the Pacific Northwest. Allen and Dillman explore the small town of Bremer, Washington, describing its inner workings--from businesses to schools, the town council to the churches, the resident doctor to the annual county fair--within the framework of a unique community organization model. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Rural - History | United States - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: 307.720 |
| LCCN: 94027434 |
| Lexile Measure: 1280 |
| Series: Rural Studies Series of the Rural Sociological Society |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.97" W x 8.99" (0.78 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The authors' model orients this community in the vortex of contemporary forces, pointing up, for example, the need for face-to-face interaction among residents versus the larger society's demand for electronic communication. With increasing conflicts between the culture of rural communities and that of the ?outside world? occurring, small towns all over the United States are losing their businesses, their doctors, and their sense of community. Yet the town described in this study is thriving.Against All Odds identifies pride, determination, and a sense of belonging that must be nurtured?and the local organization that binds all of these factors together?in order to keep a small town alive in the face of powerful disruptive forces. Not since Vidich and Bensman's landmark Small Town in Mass Society has such a thoughful examination of a contemporary rural community been available. |