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The Dying Community

  Edited by Art Gallaher, Jr. and Harland Padfield This book is a thorough exploration of the decline of the little community in the face of urbanization, industrialization, and bureaucratization. Developing a conceptual and theoretical framework for examining community decline and dissolution, the book looks at the relationships between the dying community and its natural resource base, the role of outside political authority, and the social and demographical processes associated with community decline. 1980. 320 pp., 1 map, 1 figure, 2 tables, notes, references, index, 6 x 9 Contributors: William Y. Adams, Alvin L. Bertrand, Marion Clawson, Art Gallaher Jr., Hannah Levin, David B. Looff, Harland Padfield, Diane Quantic, Wayne Rohrer, Arthur J. Vidich, Mary Wylie
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  1. Theory of the Dying Community Art Gallaher, Jr. and Harland Padfield
  2. The Dead Community: Perspectives from the Past William Y. Adams
  3. The Dying Community: The Natural Resource Base Marion Clawson
  4. Dependence on External Authority and the Decline of Community Art Gallaher, Jr.
  5. Revolutions in Community Structure Arthur J. Vidich
  6. Social and Demographic Processes of Declining Nonmetropolitan Communities in the Middle West Wayne Rohrer and Diane Quantic
  7. The Expendable Rural Community and the Denial of Powerlessness Harland Padfield
  8. Ethnic and Social Class Minorities in the Dying Small Community Alvin L. Bertrand
  9. Growing Up in a Dying Community David H. Looff
  10. The Dying Community as a Human Habitat for the Elderly Mary Wylie
  11. The Struggle for Community Can Create Community Hannah Levin
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