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Presented to the CHART Partnership September 15, 2004 in Hannibal, MO. ; This OSEDA discusses Missouri economic factors, including location of WalMart stores, composite county ranking and local government.

Presented to the Interim Committee of the Missouri Legislature on Job Creation and Economic Development, September 23, 2003 in Jefferson City, MO. ; This OSEDA presentation discusses Missouri economics, including analysis of commuting as well as bank deposits and taxable sales per capita dollar by county.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART 1 Introduction -- 1 Research for the Rural United States -- 2 The Policy Context for Rural-Oriented Research -- PART 2 Intrusions from the 1970s -- 3 The Reversal of Nonmetropolitan Migration Loss -- 4 Energy -- 5 Appropriate Technology -- PART 3 The People -- 6 The Rural American People: A Look Backward and Forward -- 7 Persistence of Rural/Urban Differences -- 8 Families in Rural Society -- 9 The Elderly -- 10 Rural Youth and the Labor Force -- 11 Minorities -- 12 Women -- 13 Poverty -- PART 4 The People's Needs -- 14 Community Services -- 15 Transportation -- 16 Industrialization -- 17 Employment -- 18 Education -- 19 Housing -- 20 Outdoor Recreation -- 21 Health and Medical Care -- 22 Food and Nutrition -- 23 Crime and Its Prevention -- PART 5 The Community -- 24 Residential Preferences -- 25 Changing Communities -- 26 Community Development -- 27 Needs Assessment Surveys for Decision Makers -- 28 Social Indicators of Well-Being -- 29 Social Impact Assessment -- PART 6 Agriculture -- 30 The Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture -- 31 Who Will Speak for Agriculture? -- 32 Who Will Own and Operate America's Farms? -- 33 Structure of Agriculture and Quality of Life in Rural Communities -- 34 Small and Part-Time Farmers -- PART 7 Natural Resources -- 35 Rural Resource Use and the Environment -- 36 Land Use -- 37 Water -- 38 Forestry -- 39 Fisheries -- PART 8 The Capacity to Respond -- 40 Institutional and Professional Context for Rural Sociology: Constraints and Opportunities -- 41 Issues for the 1980s -- The Reviewers -- Index.