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Full-Text Articles in Rural Sociology
1980 Projections Of Population By Age And Town For Connecticut, Thomas E. Steahr
1980 Projections Of Population By Age And Town For Connecticut, Thomas E. Steahr
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Effect Of Travel Constraints On The Distribution Of Skiing In New England, Marvin Kottke, Stephen Libera
Effect Of Travel Constraints On The Distribution Of Skiing In New England, Marvin Kottke, Stephen Libera
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
The Cedar Grove Community In Oral Folk History, Ada Parker
The Cedar Grove Community In Oral Folk History, Ada Parker
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The thesis was originally done for the Center for Intercultural & Folk Studies which no longer exists.
The Socially Constructive Aspects Of Outside Agents In Community Decision-Making In A Rural Area, Barry R. Gordon, Daniel I. Rubenstein
The Socially Constructive Aspects Of Outside Agents In Community Decision-Making In A Rural Area, Barry R. Gordon, Daniel I. Rubenstein
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The "outside-change agent" is dangerous, something to be feared (based on past experiences, long since blurred by boredom and powerlessness) and not taken into the community. The outsider offers few, if any, tangible immediately useable resources -- only promises and fancy talk. Limited experience has taught the Appalachian that promises fade into misery and fancy talk to poverty. The self-fulfilling prophesy of inhospitality and disbelief in oneself, turn the Appalachian against the change agent and challenge the agent to leave the area out of self-felt persistent futility.
A Study Of Factors Associated With Outdoor Recreational Participation In South Dakota, James W. Delong
A Study Of Factors Associated With Outdoor Recreational Participation In South Dakota, James W. Delong
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Participation by South Dakotans in selected areas of outdoor recreation was studied to determine varying extents of participation and associated selected sociodemographic, socialization and attitudinal factors. A statewide random sample of 474 heads-of-households (or their spouses) was selected and interviewed using a pretested schedule. The findings were present in three forms: a descriptive summary, a nonparametric analysis of association and a multivariate analysis. The descriptive analysis revealed fishing, hunting and lakeside camping or picnicking to be the activities participated in most frequently. Conversely, water-skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling were participated in least. Analysis of association showed that each of the …