Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1987
Rural Life in New England
Rural Life in New England
Page Range: 532 – 548
This article summarizes the major dimensions of "rurality" and significant recent changes in the political, economic, and social composition of rural life. It then examines the origins of these changes, their impact on future directions of rural society, and the implications of this for collecting of sources for the study of rural life, with some description of available sources and discussion of unmet collecting needs.