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San Jose, 1946: A Study In Urbanization, Frank C. Moore

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For many years New Mexico has been classified as a rural state. Although New Mexico is still predominately rural, a trend toward urbanization has appeared in recent years.

The study is concerned with this change of San José, [New Mexico] from a rural to urban community. Previous literature has postulated the hypothesis that urbanization produces a change in the total structure, or configuration, or a community's way of life. This change, in turn, produces profound and far-reaching effects upon the individual and his way of life. The purpose of this study, therefore, is (1) to show the effects of urbanization …