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The Changing Faces of Rural America

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Kirschner, A., Berry, E.H., Glasgow, N. (2006). The Changing Faces of Rural America. In: Kandel, W.A., Brown, D.L. (eds) Population Change and Rural Society. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3902-6_3

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