Timber, Minerals, and Social Change: An Exploratory Test of Two Resource-Dependent Communities.

Machlis, Gary E.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Timber, Minerals, and Social Change: An Exploratory Test of Two Resource-Dependent Communities.

Machlis, Gary E.; And Others

Rural Sociology, v55 n3 p411-24 Fall 1990

Tests relationship between local resource production and social systems in two natural resource industry communities: one timber-dependent, the other mining-dependent. Data collected for 13 resource-production indicators and 15 social-change indicators. Confirms hypothesis that social change is associated with the production level of local resource system. Makes recommendations for further study. (TES)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Change, Community Characteristics, Lumber Industry, Mining, Natural Resources, Rural Areas, Social Change, Social Systems

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Idaho

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