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Taiwan's Elections: Political Development And Democratization In The Republic Of China, John F. Copper, George P. Chen

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Editor’S Preface, G. Richard Wetherhill

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

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Time Use By Small Farm Families In Southwest Virginia: An Approach For The Inclusion Of Household In Farming Systems Research And Extension, John S. Caldwell, Michael French Smith, Vicki Karagianis, Ruth D. Harris

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In this paper we first present an overview of Farming Systems Research and Extension (FSR/E), contrasting the importance placed on the household in the FSRIE conceptual framework with the lack of explicit attention given it in FSR/E methodology. An initial 47-farm survey suggested that female household members play key roles in intensive crop production and off-farm income generation. A time allocation study during May-October, 1982, investigated the roles of female and male household heads and working age children in a representative 10-farm subsample. Results indicated greater women's contributions to livestock-related production activities than originally hypothesized and reduced time spent by …

Use Of Government Services By Low-Income, Rural Residents In Alabama, Gerald C. Wheelock, Joseph Befecadu, Priscilla Salant

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Overparticipation in government programs often receives much publicity, while the question of underparticipation by those eligible is seldom addressed. It is hypothesized that participation rates and reasons for nonparticipation among eligibles are related to household characteristics and county-level variables. A random cluster sample of 251 households in three randomly selected, rural, low-income Alabama counties was surveyed in August and September, 1981. Data analyzed deal with the utilization of food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, and county health services. It is estimated that needy nonparticipants among eligibles in food stamps are about 22 percent; in Medicaid about 46 percent; in Medicare about 19 …

Beef Cattle Producers Of The Texas Gulf Coast: Characteristics And Production Practices, Howard Ladewig, Ray Garibay

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Agricultural production in Texas and the nation has been characterized by two major trends: farms are getting larger in size and fewer in number, and more farmers are seeking off-farm employment. For those who remain in farming, technology is becoming more complex, the industry is becoming more highly structured, and the market for their agricultural products is being affected by international events. Today's farmers must have strong managerial skills and be aware of modern agricultural technologies if they are to succeed. The purpose here is to identify and measure characteristics of ranchers and related activities as organizational units; and to …

An Analysis Of The Impact Of Industrial Development In Selected Counties In South Carolina, Marguerite R. Howie, Robert L. Phillips, Sharon L. Wade

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Industrial development can provide hope and opportunity for residents of a community. Whether advantageous or not, it brings about various community changes such as job opportunities, population growth, higher tax base and the need for more public utilities. It is questionable as to whether industrialization alleviates or causes social, economic and political problems. Furthermore, the previously mentioned changes may also affect a community/county when an industry leaves the area. Industrialization prompts a need for researchers to focus on the impact of industry within rural/urban counties, such as Charleston, Colleton, Edgefield, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Richland, and York. In an effort to …

Position And Prospects Of Black Farmers In The South, Surendra P. Singh

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Almost 94 percent of black farms in the United States have been lost since 1920, and the remaining 57,271 farms constituted only 2.3 percent of all farms in 1978. Most (95 percent) black farm operators were located in the South. However, they constituted only 5.4 percent of all farm operators in the South. Since 1959, there have been some dramatic changes not only in the number of black farms but in their composition also. Ninety three percent of the South's black farmers were small, both in size and product sales, and they operated only 1.4 percent of all operated land. …

List Of Reviewers, G. Richard Wetherhill

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Demographic Trends And Consumer Demand For Agricultural Products, Patricia Knight Guseman, Stephen G. Sapp

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Food consumption patterns affected by macro-level population characteristics are examined with respect to projected demographic trends. Standard demand models based on price and income are enhanced to reflect impacts of total population, household size, and regional population distribution. These models provide baseline information for illustrating effects on food demand under different social-demographic scenarios, such as changes in population size, regional migration pat terns, and changes in household size, composition, and income growth, rates. Likely demographic projections show a greater proportional effect of total population, household size, and regional shifts on food demand than income for some commodities and for total …

Sociodemographic Predictors Of Rural Poverty: A Regional Analysis, Alton Thompson, Betty J. Traub, Randall P. White

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The focus of the present study is to determine the extent to which the socio-demographic variables of education, occupation, number of children, race, sex, age, and willingness to travel for employment and predictors of a rural family's level of poverty. Discriminant analysis is employed to assess the accuracy of these variables in - discriminating between poor and nonpoor families randomly selected from thirty low income, rural counties in ten contiguous southeastern states. The results are supportive of previous studies as these variables are found to be statistically significant discriminants between the poor and the nonpoor. The profile of a rural …

Editorial, Glen H. Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

The Childlike Hobbit, Tisa Ho

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Considers aspects of the depiction of hobbits in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that emphasize their childlike qualities, and considers questions of the significance of this depiction and of the intended audience for these works.

A Retelling Within A Myth Retold: The Priest Of Essur And Lewisian Mythopoetics, Peter J. Schakel

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Asks why Lewis felt the myth of Cupid and Psyche needed to be retold. The story told by the Priest of Essur is a “middle step” between the original myth and Lewis’s recasting of it, in which the incomplete pagan notion of sacrifice gives way to the fullness of that theme in Christianity.

The Excellent Absurdity: Substitution And Co-Inherence In C.S. Lewis And Charles Williams, Nancy C. Hanger

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Cites examples of Williams’s notions of coinherence and exchange in both his works and those of Lewis.

Norse Mythological Elements In The Hobbit, Mitzi M. Brunsdale

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Considers the influence of Norse mythology on The Hobbit in particular, both in story elements and in “Northern courage.” Asserts that in The Hobbit, Tolkien “bases each of the major elements of the quest on an identifiably Northern mythological source.” Sees the moral choices presented in The Hobbit as characteristic of those faced by the “stern heroes of Northern myths” and important to children, whose notions of right and wrong are more basic than those of adults.

Quenti Lambardillion: A Column On Middle-Earth Linguistics, Paul Nolan Hyde

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines the linguistic structure of three of the spells cast by Gandalf.

The Origin Of Gandalf And Josef Madlener, Manfred Zimmerman

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Disputes the story in Carpenter’s biography about the origin of Gandalf in a picture postcard Tolkien acquired in 1911, pointing out that the painting on which the postcard was based was painted in 1925 or later.

The Fisher King In That Hideous Strength, Ellen Rawson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Notes how Ransom’s persona in That Hideous Strength as a modern Fisher King “contributes to Lewis’s idea of Logres versus Britain.” Notes parallels between the legend of the Fisher King and events of That Hideous Strength.

The Queen Of Atlantis, R. C. Walker

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Mythopoesis: A Column, Sarah Beach

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Cavalier Treatment: A Column, Lee Speth

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Tolkien's Calendar & Ithildin, Rhona Beare

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Identifies the years Tolkien used as a basis for moon phases and other celestial events in The Lord of the Rings as 1944–1945.

One-Handed, Margaret R. Purdy

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Letters, Nancy C. Hanger, Margaret R. Purdy, David Doughan, Stephan Peregrine, Wendell Wagner Jr., Anders Stenstrom, Scott Smith

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Thomas M. Egan, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Jessica Yates

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Mr. Bliss. J.R.R Tolkien. Reviewed by Jessica Yates.

The Road to Middle-Earth. T.A. Shippey. Reviewed by Jessica Yates.

Unicorns! Edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

Mere Christianity, An Anniversary Edition of the three books, The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality. C.S. Lewis, edited and with an introduction by Walter Hooper. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Pilgrim's Regress, An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason, and Romanticism C.S. Lewis, illustrated by Michaell Hague. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis. Margaret Patterson Hannay. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Dorothy L. Sayers. Dawson Gaillard. Reviewed by …

Lewis Carroll, Scientifictionist (Part Ii), Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Considers Carroll “as a writer of science fiction, as a forerunner (in a general way) of Lewis and other SF writers.” Cites examples from a number of Carroll’s works.

An Inklings' Bibliography (23), Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

This Bibliography is an annotated checklist covering both primary and secondary materials on J. R. R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and the other Inklings.

Westview Gallery, Sosu Art Students

Westview

No abstract provided.

John Stoakes: All-American Kid, Todd Winn

Westview

No abstract provided.