Rural Development Propectives. Volume 12, Issue 2, February 1997

摘要

;The issue contains the following articles: Manufacturing and the Midwest RuralEconomy; Recent Trends and Implications for the Future; When Rural Communities Lose Passenger Rail Service; Direct Farm Marketing as a Rural Development Tool; Why U.S. Agriculture and Rural Areas Have a Stake in Small Farms; Indicators; A County-Level Measure of Urban Influence; Book Reviews; and Book Announcements.