We dedicate Rural People and Communities in the 21st Century to our families, Nina Glasgow, Sarah and Joseph Brown, Annyce and Emmet Schafft, and Harry, Gretchen, and Soren Schafft, as well as all of the students and scholars who have honored us by reading this book.
Second Edition
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Copyright © David L. Brown and Kai A. Schafft 2019
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First edition published in 2011 by Polity Press
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2988-9
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brown, David L. (David Louis), 1945- author. | Schafft, Kai A., 1964 author.
Title: Rural people and communities in the 21st century : resilience and transformation / David L. Brown, Kai A. Schafft.
Description: 2 Edition. | Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] | Revised edition of the authors’ Rural people and communities in the 21st century, 2011. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018010025 (print) | LCCN 2018014626 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509529889 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509529858 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509529865 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: United States--Rural conditions.
Classification: LCC HN59.2 (ebook) | LCC HN59.2 .B753 2018 (print) | DDC 306.0973--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018010025
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We would like to gratefully acknowledge those who assisted in various ways in the completion of this manuscript by offering technical support, advice, feedback, and critique. These colleagues include Catharine Biddle, Ian Burfoot-Rochford, Susan Faircloth, Tracey Farrigan at USDA’s Economic Research Service, Erica Frankenberg, Nina Glasgow, Azalea Hulbert, Chi Nguyen, Emelie Peine, Annyce Schafft, Jennifer Sherman, Mark Wilson, Spencer Wood, and Matt Wray. We are also deeply indebted to Jonathan Skerrett and Karina Jákupsdóttir at Polity Press for supporting the second edition of this book, as well as for their guidance, professionalism, and unflagging patience. In addition we acknowledge the support of Cornell University’s Department of Development Sociology, which graciously provided a visiting faculty status appointment to Kai Schafft for a portion of time while these revisions were being completed. The Penn State Social Science Research Institute also provided important support in aiding the completion of this manuscript. Any shortcomings are our own.