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A Resource Base Approach to Community Development Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Edmond E. Seay Jr.*
Affiliation:
Department of Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island
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Rural community development finally has come of age. After the not very productive rural development program of the 1950's with its emphasis on the small farm, and the equally tepid rural areas development effort of the 1960's, Congress and the Executive finally seem committed to improving the lot of rural America.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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This paper is contribution No. 1492 of the Rhode Island Agricultur Experiment Station.

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