Population Change and Rural Society

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kandel, William A. (Editor), Brown, David L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 16
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Economic geography.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Sociology.; Demography.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Economic Geography.; Human Geography.

CALVIN L. BEALE In considering how to introduce the subject of rural population change in st the 21 Century, I ?nd myself re?ecting on my own experience as a demographer for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. When I arrived at the Department, the post-World War II modernization of farming was well...