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Hollowing Out the Middle : The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America

ISBN: 9780807006146 | 0807006149
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: Beacon Press
Pub. Date: 7/27/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Startling research shows that small towns-from Maine to Missouri-are in jeopardy from exporting their most precious resource: young people A Midwest Connections Pick Already widely covered on NPR stations across the nation-and featured inNewsweek,theChronicle Review,andReaderrs"s Digest-Hollowing Out the Middleexplains why the rural brain drain is a nationwide concern we can no longer ignore.
In 2001, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, sociologists Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas moved to Iowa to unde... MORE
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Prefacep. ix
Introduction: The Heartland and the Rural Youth Exodusp. 1
The Achieversp. 27
The Stayersp. 53
The Seekersp. 85
The Returnersp. 107
Conclusion: What Can Be Done to Save Small Towns?p. 137
Acknowledgmentsp. 173
Notesp. 177
Referencesp. 209
Indexp. 223
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Patrick J. Carr is associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and Maria J. Kefalas is associate professor of sociology at Saint Joseph’s University. The authors live outside Philadelphia.


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