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Download full textDouglas, Louis H.; Shelley, Scott – 1977
Dunlap, Kansas, identified as a stereotypical dying small town in a 1962 study, was restudied in 1974-75 in an effort to test the dying small town hypothesis (supported only by aggregate census data and casual observation rather than by specific studies). Researchers using unobtrusive observation of Dunlap and seven nearby unincorporated villages,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Characteristics
Boyken, J. Clarine J. – 1978
Designed to preserve the rich heritage of the rural school system which passed from the education scene in the 1930's and 1940's, this narrative, part history and part nostalgia, describes the author's own elementary education and the secure community life centered in the one room Spring Valley School in Hamilton County, Iowa, in the early decades…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Chronicles, Community Characteristics, Educational History
Bowers, James W. – 1985
An annotated list of 183 books, journal articles, ERIC documents and bibliographies, and 8 organizations attempts to meet the needs or rural administrators, teachers, and college faculty in the area served by Black Hills State College, Spearfish, South Dakota. Publication dates for items listed range from 1944 to 1982, with the majority occurring…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Characteristics, Community Cooperation, Community Resources
