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Rural Communities: Legacy and Change is a well-organized, highly readable text introducing students to rural sociology. The use of personal vignettes to illustrate key concepts and the theoretical Community Capitals Framework to facilitate discussion of critical components of rural communities help students come to understand the dynamics of stability and change in those communities."
--Liza Kuecker, Western New Mexico University
..".a cogent overview of the theory, issues, and applications that drive current-day rural studies. The book is very readable, and provides adequate, thorough coverage. If [undergraduate students] engage the material they will find a wealth of stories and case studies that illustrate and highlight the issues facing rural communities today."
--Ben Amsden, Plymouth State University
"The Floras have provided creative and useful sociological analysis of rural populations and rural living which is deeply and convincingly argued."
--Kathryn Hovey, New Mexico State University
Praise for the Previous Editions: "This text contributes to pedagogical effectiveness, student learning and empowered community practice. The text is well written, clearly organized, engaging, insightful and readable for a wide range of audiences."
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Teaching Sociology 
