The Social Cost of Growing Up in Rural America [electronic resource] : Rural Development and Social Change during the Twentieth Century. Social Research Report Series 96-5 / Frank M. Howell, Yuk-Ying Tung and Cynthia Wade-Harper.

This report examines the extent and process by which rural origins may affect socioeconomic attainments in adulthood and how these "costs" have changed during this century. Introductory sections review research and theories of rural differentiation and stratification and the history of maj...

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