Prairie Town Redefining Rural Life in the Age of Globalization

Name: Prairie Town Redefining Rural Life in the Age of Globalization
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ISBN: 9780742519428

ISBN-10: 0742519422

ISBN-13: 9780742519428

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jacqueline Edmondson

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Prairie Town describes the contemporary rural condition and efforts to sustain rural life in one small Minnesota community at the turn of the 21st century. The book considers the rural literacies that circulate in this community as residents work to redefine their position within the context of globalization. Prairie Town's story offers us hope as we learn that neoliberalism is not inevitable, nor is the demise of rural America. Instead, we learn that not everything can be bought and sold, and disidentification with dominant societal structures is possible within a participatory democratic society.

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.82" wide x 8.98" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Contemporary Rural Condition



Rural Community in a Global Village: The View from Prairie Town



Agricultural Policy and Labor Issues in Rural Minnesota



Rural Literacies



Traditional Rural Literacy



Neoliberalism and Rural Literacy



Toward a New Rural Literacy



A Prairie Renaissance



Joining Hands: Connecting Prairie Town to the World, and the World to Prairie Town


Notes


References


Index


About the Author