Hollowing Out the Middle
by CARR, PATRICK J.KEFALAS, MARIA J.Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2010-07-27
Publisher(s): Beacon Press
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Summary
Startling research shows that small towns-from Maine to Missouri-are in jeopardy from exporting their most precious resource: young people A Midwest Connections Pick Already widely covered on NPR stations across the nation-and featured inNewsweek,theChronicle Review,andReaderrs"s Digest-Hollowing Out the Middleexplains why the rural brain drain is a nationwide concern we can no longer ignore.
Author Biography
Patrick J. Carr is associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and Maria J. Kefalas is associate professor of sociology at Saint Joseph’s University. The authors live outside Philadelphia.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction: The Heartland and the Rural Youth Exodus | p. 1 |
| The Achievers | p. 27 |
| The Stayers | p. 53 |
| The Seekers | p. 85 |
| The Returners | p. 107 |
| Conclusion: What Can Be Done to Save Small Towns? | p. 137 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 173 |
| Notes | p. 177 |
| References | p. 209 |
| Index | p. 223 |
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