{"product_id":"rural-communities-cornelia-butler-flora-9780813349718","title":"Rural Communities: Legacy + Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommunities in rural America are a complex mixture of peoples and cultures, ranging from miners who have been laid off in West Virginia, to Laotian immigrants relocating in Kansas to work at a beef processing plant, to entrepreneurs drawing up plans for a world-class ski resort in California's Sierra Nevada. \u003cem\u003eRural Communities: Legacy and Change\u003c\/em\u003e uses its unique Community Capitals framework to examine how America's diverse rural communities use their various capitals (natural, cultural, human, social, political, financial, and built) to address the modern challenges that face them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach chapter opens with a case study of a community facing a particular challenge, and is followed by a comprehensive discussion of sociological concepts to be applied to understanding the case. This narrative, topical approach makes the book accessible and engaging for undergraduate students, while its integrative approach provides them with a framework for understanding rural society based on the concepts and explanations of social science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fifth edition is updated throughout with 2013 census data and features new and expanded coverage of health and health care, food systems and alternatives, the effects of neoliberalism and globalization on rural communities, as well as an expanded resource and activity section at the end of each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora, Stephen P. Gasteyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813349710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813349718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Cornelia Butler Flora","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042687316223,"sku":"9780813349718","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62fba82c-828c-4881-b3dc-e4f884744375.jpg?v=1684962959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rural-communities-cornelia-butler-flora-9780813349718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}