BOOKS
Population and Community in Rural America
by Lorraine Garkovich
Making Your Move to One of America's Best Small Towns:
How to Find a Great Little Place as Your Next Home Base
by Norman Crampton
Survival of Rural America:
Small Victories and Bitter Harvests
by Richard E. Wood
The Community in Rural America
(Classic studies in rural sociology)
by Kenneth P Wilkinson
Born in the Country: A History of Rural America
(Revisiting Rural America)
by David B. Danbom
Boomtown USA:
The 7-1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns
by John M. Schultz
FILMS
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
Directed by Robert Greenwald
COMMUNITIES
Phillipsburg, KS
Hays, KS
OTHER RESOURCES
Western Kansas Regional Economic Development Alliance
The National Rural Economic Developers Association
The Center for Small Towns
Kansas Rural Center Heartland Network
Great Plains Herb Growers Association
Kansas Organic Producers
Kansas Rural Center Publications
The Rural Sociology Society
Housing Assistance Council
USDA Rural Development |