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Although the death of small town has been predicted for decades, during 1990s population of rural America increased by more than three million people. This book considers these rural newcomers and their impact on social relationships, public spaces, and community resources of small-town America.

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"Salamon has written an engaging story that puts a human face on the macro-level shifts affecting the once agrarian rural communities of the American Midwest. Through her stories of six central Illinois 'postagrarian' towns, she deftly illuminates much of the micro-foundation of these shifts in the daily decisions of people." - Ralph B. Brown, Rural History "If you are one of the many millions of Americans who is thinking about 'moving out to the country,' you should read this book first." - William R. Freudenburg, Contexts"

Newcomers to Old Towns

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    A Paperback / softback by Sonya Salamon

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 September 2007
      ISBN-13 9780226734132
      978-0226734132
      ISBN-10 0226734137
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      Rural communities / rural life

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Although the death of small town has been predicted for decades, during 1990s population of rural America increased by more than three million people. This book considers these rural newcomers and their impact on social relationships, public spaces, and community resources of small-town America.

      Trade Review
      "Salamon has written an engaging story that puts a human face on the macro-level shifts affecting the once agrarian rural communities of the American Midwest. Through her stories of six central Illinois 'postagrarian' towns, she deftly illuminates much of the micro-foundation of these shifts in the daily decisions of people." - Ralph B. Brown, Rural History "If you are one of the many millions of Americans who is thinking about 'moving out to the country,' you should read this book first." - William R. Freudenburg, Contexts"

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