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Faith's Harvest: Mennonite Identity in Northwest Oklahoma, by Sharon Hartin Iorio. Deep Blues: Bill Traylor, 1854–1949, edited by Josef Helfenstein and Roman Kurzmeyer. Health in Rural Settings: Contexts for Action, edited by William Ramp, Judith Kulig, Ivan Townshend, and Virginia McGowan. Facing the “King of Terrors”: Death and Society in an American Community, 1750–1990, by Robert V. Wells.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Privatization of Information and Agricultural Industrialization, edited by Steven A. Wolf. Peasant Maids, City Women: From the European Countryside to Urban America, edited by Christiane Harzig. Land and Labour Relations in South‐West Bangladesh: Resources, Power and Conflict, by Anjan Kumar Datta. Debt and Dispossession: Farm Loss in America's Heartland, by Kathryn Marie Dudley. Disappearing Peasantries? Rural Labour in Africa, Asia and Latin America, edited by Deborah Bryceson, Cristóbal Kay, and Jos Mooij. A Nation Divided: Diversity, Inequality and Community in American Society, edited by Phyllis Moen, Donna Dempster‐McClain, and Henry A. Walker. Property and Value: Alternatives to Public and Private Ownership, edited by Charles Geisler and Gail Daneker. New Frontiers in Agricultural History, Vol. 1, edited by Kyle D. Kauffman.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Critical Issues in Rural Health, edited by Nina Glasgow, Lois Wright Morton and Nan E. Johnson. Health Care Restructuring: Market Theory vs. Civil Society, by Lois Wright Morton. Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia, edited by Chris Cocklin and Jacqui Dibden. Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California, by Julie Guthman. Rural Racism, edited by Neil Chakraborti and Jon Garland.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink, by E. Melanie DuPuis. The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism, by Adam Rome. Agrarian Studies: Synthetic Work at the Cutting Edge, co‐edited by James C. Scott and Nina Bhatt. Rural Homelessness: Issues, Experiences and Policy Responses, by Paul Cloke, Paul Milbourne and Rebekah Widdowfield. Worked to the Bone: Race, Class, Power and Privilege in Kentucky, by Pern Davidson Buck     

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Book reviewed in this article: Rural Women's Health: Mental, Behavioral, and Physical Issues, edited by R.T. Coward, L.A. Davis, C.H. Gold, H. Smiciklas‐Wright, L.E. Thorndyke and F.W. Vondracek. Photographing Farmworkers in California, by Richard S. Street (foreword by Kevin Starr). French Beans and Food Scares: Culture and Commerce in an Anxious Age, by Susanne Freidberg. Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan, Rev. ed., by Alex de Waal. Sustainability and the Civil Commons: Rural Communities in the Age of Globalization, by Jennifer Sumner.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development, edited by Oscar Hemer and Thomas Tufte. Black Earth and Ivory Tower: New American Essays from Farm and Classroom, edited by Zachary Michael Jack. Population Change and Rural Society, edited by William A. Kandel and David L. Brown. Appalachian Cultural Competency: A Guide for Medical, Mental Health, and Social Service Professionals, edited by Susan E. Keefe. Rural Gender Relations: Issues and Case Studies, edited by Bettina B. Bock and Sally Shortall.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Democracy and Community: A Study of Politics in Sheffield. by William Hampton. British Social Policy, 1914–1939 by Bentley B. Gilbert. Exploration into Child Care by Peter Boss. Introduction to Social Research by S. Labovitz and R. Hagedorn. Organizational Analysis: A Sociological View by Charles Perrow. Chains of Opportunity: System Models of Mobility in Organisations by Harrison C. White. Race and Racialism edited by Sami Zubaida. The Contexts of Social Mobility: Ideology and Theory by Anselm L. Strauss. Religious Sects by Bryan Wilson. Rural Exodus: A Study of the Forces Influencing the large-Scale Migration of Irish Rural Youth by Damian Hannan. Embattled Reason: Essays on Social Knowledge by Reinhard Bendix. Social Policy in Context by Joyce Warham. Let's Look at the Figures by D. J. Bartholomew and E. E. Bassett. Merseyside Social and Economic Studies edited by R. Lawton and C. M. Cunningham. The Sociology of Art and Literature edited by M. C. Albrecht et al. The Social Context of Art edited by J. Creedy. The Uneasy Partnership: Social Science and the Federal Government in the Twentieth Century by Gene M. Lyons. The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology by Alvin W. Gouldner. Language and Poverty: Perspectives on a Theme edited by Frederick Williams.     

Review Essay:Rural Sociology,Migration, and Community Change

Research in Rural Sociology and Development: Focus on Migration, edited by Harry K. Schwarzweller and Brendan P. Mullan. Population Change in the Rural West: 1975–1990, edited by John M. Wardwell and James H. Copp. Lanham, MD Community of Strangers: Change, Turnover, Turbulence and the Transformation of a Midwestern Country Town, by Joseph A. Amato and John Radzilowski.     

Review Essay: Whither Rural Community Development?

Partnerships in Communities: Reweaving the Fabric of Rural America, by Jean Richardson. Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies Approach, edited by Peter V. Schaeffer and Scott Loveridge.     

Review Essay: Community and Participation in the Creation of Sustainable Agroecosystems

Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture: Participatory Learning and Adaptive Management in Times of Environmental Uncertainty, edited by N.G. Roling and M.A.E. Wagemakers. Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities, edited by Cornelia B. Flora.     

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Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right, edited by Jeffrey Kaplan. Involuntary Resettlement: Comparative Perspectives, edited by Robert Picciotto, Warren van Wicklin, and Edward Rice. Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium, by Douglas S. Massey, Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pelligrino, and J. Edward Taylor. Women and Farming: Property and Power, by Sally Shortall. National Parks and Rural Development: Practice and Policy in the United States, edited by Gary E. Machlis and Donald R. Field. Fishy Business: Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature, by Rik Scarce. Conservation Tillage and Cropping Innovation: Constructing the Culture of Agriculture, by C. Milton Coughenour and Shankariah Chamala. Moving Nearer to Heaven: The Illusions and Disillusions of Migrants to Scenic Rural Places, by Patrick C. Jobes.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article Reply to David McNamari's review of School Organisation and Pupil Irwolvement The Child's Right to Play by Arvid Bengtsson Poverty, Inequality and Class Structure edited by Dorothy Wedderburn Elites and Power in British Society edited by P. Stanvrorth and A. Giddens Research into Retailing and Distribution edited by D. Thorpe Public Housing in Europe and America edited by J. S. Fuerst Fact in Fiction: The Use of Literature in the Systematic Study of Society by Joan Rockwell Nursing in Contemporary Society by Una Madean The First Shop Stewards' Movement by James Hinton Pitmen, Preachers and Politics: The Effects of Methodism in a Durham Mining Community by Robert Moore Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society: Selected Writings edited with an Introduction by Robert N. Bellah Deviance and Social Control edited by Pajil Rock and Mary Mclntosh Traditiondtism, Conservatism and British Political Culture by Bob Jessop The Intemationd Urban Crisis by Thomas L. Blair Black Migrants: White Natives by Daniel Lawrence The Family: An Introducton by J. Ross Eshleman     

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Book reviewed in this article: Environmental and Natural Resources Issues : Arizpe , Lourdes , M. Priscilla Stone, and David C. Majors (eds.). Population and Environment: Rethinking the Debate. Environmental and Natural Resources Issues : Lund , Jens . Flatheads and Spooneys: Fishing for a Living in the Ohio River Valley. Environmental and Natural Resources Issues : Du Puis , Melanie E. And Peter Pendergrass (eds.) Creating the Countryside: The Politics of Rural and Environmental Discourse. Environmental and Natural Resources Issues : Kromm , David E. And Stephen E. White (eds.). Groundwater Exploitation in the High Plains. Environmental and Natural Resources Issues : Vickers , Daniel . Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630–1850. International Issues : Wilson , Richard . 1995. Maya Resurgence in Guatemala: Q'eqchi' Experiences. International Issues : Jeffrey , Patricia and Roger Jeffrey . Don't Marry Me to a Plowman! Women's Everyday Lives in Rural North India. International Issues : Weaver , Frederick S. Inside the Volcano: The History and Political Economy of Central America. International Issues : Wachtel , Nathan . Gods and Vampires, Return to Chapaya. Rural Politics : Finegold , Kenneth and Theda Skocpol . State and Party in America's New Deal. Rural Politics : Watkins , Marilyn P. Rural Democracy: Family Farmers and Politics in Western Washington, 1890–1925. Rural Culture and Rural Development : Rowley , Thomas D., David W. Sears , Glenn L. Nelson , J. Norman Reid, and Mervin J. Yetley (eds.). Rural Development Research: A Foundation for Policy. Rural Culture and Rural Development : Billson , Janet Mancini . Keepers of the Culture: The Power of Tradition in Women's Lives. Rural Culture and Rural Development : Sontag , M. Suzanne and Margaret M. Bubolz . Families on Small Farms: Case Studies in Human Ecology. Rural Culture and Rural Development : Rank , Mark Robert . Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in America. Rural Culture and Rural Development : Scott , Shaunna L. Two Sides to Everything: The Cultural Construction of Class Consciousness in Harlan County, Kentucky.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Society, edited by Grete Rusten and Sarah Skerratt Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture, by John E. Ikerd Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas: Building the High Road, by Gary P. Green Niagara Falling: Globalization in a Small Town, by Carol D. Miller The Treadmill of Production: Injustice and Unsustainability in the Global Economy, by Kenneth Gould, David Pellow, and Allan Schnaiberg     

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Book reviewed in this article: Biological Diversity: Balancing Interests through Adaptive Collaborative Management, edited by Louise E. Buck, Charles C. Geisler, John Schelhas, and Eva Wollenberg. NGOs in India: A Cross‐Sectional Study, by R. Sooryamoorthy and K.D. Gangarde Working Through Environmental Conflict: The Collaborative Learning Approach, Steven E. Daniels and Gregg B. Walker The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America, by James Mahoney Dairy Industry Restructuring: Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Vo lume 8, edited by Harry K. Schwarzweller and Andrew P. Davidson Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change, by Robert Gottlieb Bridging Human and Ecological Landscapes: Participatory Research and Sustainable Development in an Andean Agricultural Frontier, edited by Robert E. Rhoades     

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Social Work in Rural Communities, 2nd ed., edited by Leon H. Ginsberg. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education. $13.00 (paper).     

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Book reviewed in this article: Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty‐First Century, edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson. Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment, by James Gustave Speth. Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit, and the Struggle for Environmental Justice, by Eddie J. Girdner and Jack Smith. Natural Assets: Democratizing Environmental Ownership, edited by James K. Boyce and Barry G. Shelley. The Curse of American Agricultural Abundance: A Sustainable Solution, by Willard Cochrane, with a foreword by Richard A. Levins.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Abstract Demography: Jobes , Patrick C., William F. Stinner, and John M. Wardwell (eds.). Demography: Ross , John A., and Elizabeth Frankenberg . Findings from Two Decades of Family Planning Research. Demography: Bull , C. Neil (ed.). Aging in Rural America. Demography: Bollman , Ray D. (ed.). Rural and Small Town Canada. Demography: Swanson , Linda L., and David L. Brown (eds.). Rural History: Jones , Jacqueline . The Dispossessed: America's Underclass from the Civil War to Present. Rural History: Craig , Lee A. To Sow One Acre More: Childbearing and Farm Productivity in the Antebellum North. Rural History: Mc Donald , Roderick . The Economy and Material Culture of Slaves: Goods and Chattels on the Sugar Plantations of Jamaica and Louisiana. Rural History: Morgan , Sharon . Land Settlement in Early Tasmania: Creating an Antipodean England. Gender Studies: White , Sarah . Arguing with the Crocodile: Gender and Class in Bangladesh. Gender Studies: King , Elizabeth M., and M. Anne Hill (eds.). Gender Studies: Kahne , Hilda, and Janet Z. Giele (eds.). Women's Work and Women's Lives: The Continuing Struggle Worldwde. Agriculture: Almås , Reidar . Norway's Gift to Europe: Fifteen Selected Essays on Rural Persistence and Change. Agriculture: Csaki , Csaba, and Yoav Kislev (eds.). Agricultural Cooperatives in Transition. Agriculture: Winson , Anthony . The Intimate Commodity: Food and the Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex in Canada.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Social Hierarchies by Roland Mousnier, translated by Peter Evans. Reference Groups and the Theory of Revolution by John Urry. Meaning and Control: Essays in Social Aspects of Science and Tech-nology edited by D. O. Edge and J. N. Wolfe. Rebellion and Retreat: Readings in the Forms and Processes of Deviance edited by S. Palmer and A. S. Linsky. New Towns: The British Experience edited by H. Evans. Essays introduced by Peter Self. Claimant or Client? by Olive Stevenson. Research in Religious Behavior: Selected Readings edited by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi. Redundancy and Paternalistic Capitalism: A Study in the Sociology of Work by R. Martin and R. H. Fryer. Art Students Observed by Charles Madge and Barbara Weinberger. Reluctant Farmers? A Study of Unemployment and Planned Rural Development in Uganda by Caroline Hutton. Services for Children and Their Families–Aspects of Child Care for Social Workers edited by John Stroud. Voluntary Associations: Perspectives on the Literature by Constance Smith and Anne Freedman.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Lakota Culture, World Economy, by Kathleen Ann Pickering. Where We Live, Work and Play: The Environmental Justice Movement and a Struggle for a New Environmentalism, by Patrick Novotny. The Failure of National Rural Policy: Institutions and Interests, by William P. Browne. Waltzing With the Ghost of Tom Joad: Poverty, Myth, and Low‐Wage Labor in Oklahoma, by Robert Lee Maril. An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood, by Jimmy Carter. Microenterprise Development for Better Health Outcomes, by Rosalia Rodriguez‐García, James A. Macinko, and William F. Waters. The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care: A Critical Approach, by Rose Weitz. Social Integration in the Second Half of Life, edited by Karl Pillemer, Phyllis Moen, Elaine Wethington, and Nina Glasgow. State and Community in Fisheries Management: Power, Policy, and Practice, edited by Paul E. Durrenberger and Thomas D. King. The East European Gypsies: Regime Change, Marginality, and Ethnopolitics, by Zoltan Barany.