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Rural Industrial Growth in the 1960's
Author(s) -
Haren Claude C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1237395
Subject(s) - mainstream , decentralization , rural population , economic geography , economic growth , population , rural economics , rural area , population growth , business , economics , regional science , development economics , geography , rural development , political science , sociology , market economy , agriculture , demography , archaeology , law
This article relies on unpublished data from ongoing research and various special industry and small‐area studies to assay dimensions and explore impacts on rural America of greatly accelerated industrial decentralization in the 1960's. Similar sources identify better highways and local services and facilities, and changing markets, products, and technologies as motivating forces. Brief attention is given to implications for population change, family and community well‐being, and assimilation of poorly educated and unskilled rural people into today's economic mainstream.