Against All Odds: Rural Community in the Information Age

by Don A. Dillman, John C. Allen, Don A Dillman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081338821X
• ISBN13: 9780813388212
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 239 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"