Rural America faces many distinct social, economic, and educational issues.
From coal mining, to remaining one-room schoolhouses, these books show Rural America in the 21st century.
Urban Dependency : The Inescapable Reality of the Energy Economy / by 
Yountsville : the Rise and Decline of an Indiana Mill Town / by 
Rural Poverty in the United States / by 
Ramp Hollow : the Ordeal of Appalachia by 
In Essentials, Unity : An Economic History of the Grange Movement / by 
The News Untold: Community Journalism and the Failure to Confront Poverty in Appalachia / by 
Tiller's Guide to Indian Country : Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations (3rd ed.) / by 
Rural America, Volume 5 : Aspects, Outlooks and Development / by 
Worlds Apart : Poverty and Politics in Rural America (2nd ed.) / by 
Appalachian Legacy: Economic Opportunity After the War on Poverty / by 
Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America / by 
Those Who Work, Those Who Don't : Poverty, Morality, and Family in Rural America by 
The Overlooked Americans : The Resilience of our Rural Towns and What it Means for our Country / by 
Sounds of Tohi by 
Appalachia's Alternative to Mainstream America by 
If You Can't Quit Cryin', You Can't Come Here No More : a Family's Legacy of Poverty, Crime and Mental Illness in Rural America / by 
Dividing Paradise : Rural Inequality and the Diminishing American Dream / by 
Visibility Interrupted : Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming / by 
The Rural Primitive in American Popular Culture : All Too Familiar / by 
Left Elsewhere : Finding the Future in Radical Rural America by 
To Live Here You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice / by 
Rural Voices : Language, Identity, and Social Change Across Place / by 
A Mind to Stay : White Plantation, Black Homeland by 
Reimagining Rural : Urbanormative Portrayals of Rural Life / by 
Towards Rural Education for the Common Good : Resisting Capitalist and Neoliberal Priorities in Rural Schooling in the U.S. / by 
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rural Education in the United States / by 
Cultivating Rural Education : a People-Focused Approach for States / by 
Gifted Education in Rural Schools : Developing Place-Based Interventions / by 
Connecting School and the Multilingual Home : Theory and Practice for Rural Educators / by 
Tribal Strengths and Native Education : Voices from the Reservation Classroom / by 
Making a Positive Impact in Rural Places : Change Agency in the Context of School-University-Community Collaboration in Education / by 
Why Rural Schools Matter / by 
Train up a Child : Old Order Amish & Mennonite Schools / by 
Between Breaths : A Teacher in the Alaskan Bush / by 
Challenge and Change in Appalachia : the Story of Hindman Settlement School by
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