THE REVIVAL OF RURAL AMERICA
Roger Brown16 Kenneth Johnson and Calvin Beale explore the rural rebound 28 Rob Gurwitt looks at how one Kansas town is coping with change 37 Frederick Taylor ponders the new disturbed landscape and its meanings Kenneth M. Johnson and Calvin L. BealeFor most of the 20th century, the story of rural America was an epic of decline. American agriculture prospered, but mechanization and the changing economics of farming drove millions from the land. In the smaller towns and cities, eco- nomic o...