Synopsis
This guide focuses on the problems that face rural America and offers students a framework for applying sociological concepts. It can be used as a text for introductory courses in rural sociology, social problems, and community studies courses or by community groups to explore their own responses to a variety of problems. The guide is also the companion text to a PSB college-level telecourse and television series starting in the USA in the spring of 1993. The telecourse consists of 13 one-hour videotapes, portraying the experiences of 15 rural communities across the United States. The complete telecourse consists of the videotapes, a text, this study guide and a faculty manual.
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About the Author
Cornelia Butler Flora is director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development and professor of sociology at Iowa State University, where she is also Charles F. Curtis distinguished professor of agriculture.
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