The authors' model orients this community in the vortex of
contemporary forces, pointing up, for example, the need for
face-to-face interaction among residents versus the larger
society's demand for electronic communication. With increasing
conflicts between the culture of rural communities and that of the
"outside world" occurring, small towns all over the United States
are losing their businesses, their doctors, and their sense of
community. Yet the town described in this study is
thriving."Against All Odds" identifies pride, determination, and a
sense of belonging that must be nurtured--and the local
organization that binds all of these factors together--in order to
keep a small town alive in the face of powerful disruptive forces.
Not since Vidich and Bensman's landmark "Small Town in Mass
Society" has such a thoughful examination of a contemporary rural
community been available.
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