Description

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Critical Rural Theory provides an exploratory foundation for anyone interested in examining the hegemonic power of urbanization and its impacts on rural people and places. This book is without parallel in the rural sociological literature for its commitment to uncovering the power of culture in addition to structure and space in maintaining urban power.

About the Author

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Alexander R. Thomas is associate professor of sociology at SUNY College at Oneonta. He is also the author of The Evolution of the Ancient City: Urban Theory and the Archaeology of the Fertile Crescent. Brian Lowe is assistant professor of sociology at SUNY College at Oneonta. Greg Fulkerson is assistant professor of sociology at SUNY College at Oneonta. Polly Smith is assistant professor of sociology at Utica College.