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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: Forest Community Connections: Implications for Research, Management and Governance edited by Ellen M. Donoghue and Victoria E. Sturtevant Unfolding Webs: The Dynamics of Regional Rural Development, edited by Jan Douwe van de Ploeg and Tarry Marsden Trading Out? A Study of Farming Women's and Men's Access to Resources in Rural Ethiopia by Asa Torkelsson Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies by Simon Bronner.     

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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: 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: 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.     

The Democratization of Environmental Policy

Hazardous Wastes in Rural America: Impacts, Implications and Options for Rural Communities, by Steven H. Murdock, Richard S. Krannich, and F. Larry Leistritz. Controlling Technocracy: Citizen Rationality and the NIMBY Syndrome, by Gregory E. McAvoy. The Politics of Ecosystem Management, by Hanna J. Cortner and Margaret A. Moote.     

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: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.     

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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.     

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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.     

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Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America, by Cynthia M. Duncan. Working Hard and Making Do: Surviving in Small Town America, by Margaret K. Nelson and Joan Smith. Downstream and Upstream Ecologists: The People, Organizations, and Ideas Behind the Movement, by Jean Mercier. The Estuary's Gift: An Atlantic Coast Cultural Biography, by David Griffith.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Camembert: A National Myth, by Pierre Boisard When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity, by Kolleen M. Guy Together at the Table: Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System, by Patricia Allen Fishing for Gold: The Story of Alabama's Catfish Industry, by Karni R. Perez From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age, by Heather E. Hudson     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Evolution of Inequality: War, State Survival and Democracy in Comparative Perspective, by Manus I. Midlarsky. Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists From Working‐Class Backgrounds, by Michael D. Grimes and Joan M. Morris. Welfare Bushed: Social Care in Rural Australia, by Brian Cheers. Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets and Community Among a Migrant Pastoral People, by Arun Agrawal.     

Review Essay:Place,Social Structure,and Culture: A Review Essay on Community

Prairie City: The Story of an American Community, by Angie Debo. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press Rural Wales: Community and Marginalization, by Paul Cloke, Mark Goodwin, and Paul Milbourne. Cardiff: University of Wales Press Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride, and the Renewal of Community, by Paul Theobald. Boulder: Westview     

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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: Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Galston , William A., and Karen J. Baehler . Rural Development in the United States: Connecting Theory, Practice and Possibilities. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Gringeri , Christina E. Getting By: Women Homeworkers and Rural Economic Development. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Shuman , Michael . Toward a Global Village: International Community Development Initiatives. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Christenson , James A., Richard C. Maurer, and Nancy L. Strang (eds.). Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Martin , Philip L., and David A. Martin . The Endless Quest: Helping America's Farm, Workers. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Mc Murry , Sally . Transforming Rural Life: Dairying Families and Agricultural Change, 1820–1885. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Riney -Kehrberg , Pamela . Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: Bray , Francesca . The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies. Rural Development, Rural Data, Rural History: De Haan , Henk . In the Shadow of the Tree: Kinship, Property and Inheritance among Farm Families. Environmental and Other Issues: Peterson , D. J. Troubled Lands: The Legacy of Soviet Environmental Destruction. Environmental and Other Issues: errard , Michael . Whose Backyard, Whose Risk: Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting. Environmental and Other Issues: Murray , Douglas L. Cultivating Crisis: The Human Cost of Pesticides in Latin America. Environmental and Other Issues: Wright , Scott D., Thomas Dietz , Richard Borden , Gerald Young, and Gregory Guagnano (eds.) Environmental and Other Issues: Obermiller , Phillip J., and William W. Philliber (eds.).     

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Book reviewed in this article: Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States, by Min Zhou and Carl L. The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities, by William A.V. Clark. Making Democracy Work Better: Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect, by Richard A. Couto with Catherine S. Guthrie. The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia, by Dwight B. Billings and Kathleen M. Blee. Technology Development in Rural Industries: A Study of China's Collectives, by Hannah Piek.     

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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: 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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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.