Contents and Highlights
Volume 72 Number 4
December 2007
Articles
“Marriage Form and Son Preference in Rural China: An Investigation in Three Counties”
“Recent Immigrant Settlement in the nonmetropolitan United States: Evidence from Internal Census Data”
“Meatpacking and the Transformation of Rural Communities: A Comparison of Brooks, Alberta and Garden City, Kansas”
“Resources, Not Capital: A Case Study of the Gendered Distribution and Productivity of Social Network Ties in Rural Ethiopia”
“Industry Perceptions of University-Industry Relationships related to Agricultural Biotechnology Research”
“Personalization of Mall Surveys for General Public and Population with a Group Identity: Results from Nine Studies”
Book Reviews
Edited by Toby A. Ten Eyck
Changing Roles of Agricultural Extension in Asian Nations
Safety in the Agri-Food Chain
State, Communities and Forests in Contemporary Borneo
Truman Torgerson: Leadership Straight From the Shoulder
Wrangling Women: Humor and Gender in the American West
Rural Realities
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Self-Employment in Rural America:
The New Economic Reality
Rural Realities Volume 2 Issue 3
In Our Own Backyard:
Methamphetamine Manufacturing, Trafficking and Abuse in Rural America
Rural Realities Volume 2 Issue 2
Getting Connected:
Broadband Services a Key to a Vibrant Rural America
Rural Realities Volume 2 Issue 1
Starved for Access:
Life in Rural America's Food Deserts
Rural Realities Volume 1 Issue 4
Community Emergency
Response Teams:
From Disaster Responders to Community Builders
Rural Realities Volume 1 Issue 3
Rural People, Rural Places:
The Hidden Costs
of Hurricane Katrina
Rural Realities Volume 1 Issue 2
At the Razor's Edge:
Building Hope for
America's Rural Poor
Rural Realities Volume 1 Issue 1
