▪ Abstract One of the most profound changes in the United States in the past century is the
national abandonment of farming as a livelihood strategy. This change is evident both in the …

Importance US life expectancy has not kept pace with that of other wealthy countries and is
now decreasing. Objective To examine vital statistics and review the history of changes in …

What is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government? Why did rural
Americans vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump? And, beyond economic and …

The term “rural” suggests many things to many people, such as agricultural landscapes,
isolation, small towns, and low population density. However, defining “rural” for health policy …

It is increasingly recognized that families and communities are important in hel** youths
develop the knowledge and skills they need to obtain technologically sophisticated jobs …

Regional suburbanization processes are transforming rural America socially and physically,
threatening the uniqueness of small towns whose diversity is a national resource. This …

Non-metropolitan population growth has received extensive consideration since it was first
observed in the United States nearly 30 years ago. The emergence, weakening and …

This paper develops a theoretical foundation for the notion of differential urbanization, in
which groups of large, intermediate-sized, and small cities go through successive periods of …

Highlights•Trump's rural advantage contributed to his Presidential election victory, but it was
not sufficient to swing the election.•Trump's average over-performance was higher in more …

Annotation American agriculture in the twentieth century has given the world one of its great
success stories, a paradigm of productivity and plenty. Yet the story has its dark side, from …