BOOKS

Population and Community in Rural America
by Lorraine Garkovich

Making Your Move to One of America’s Best Small Towns:
How to Find a Great Little Place as Your Next Home Base
by Norman Crampton

Survival of Rural America:
Small Victories and Bitter Harvests
by Richard E. Wood

The Community in Rural America
(Classic studies in rural sociology)
by Kenneth P Wilkinson

Born in the Country: A History of Rural America
(Revisiting Rural America)
by David B. Danbom

Boomtown USA:
The 7-1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns
by John M. Schultz

FILMS

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
Directed by Robert Greenwald

OTHER RESOURCES

Kansas Sampler Foundation

Western Kansas Regional Economic Development Alliance

The National Rural Economic Developers Association

The Center for Small Towns

Kansas Rural Center Heartland Network

Great Plains Herb Growers Association

Kansas Organic Producers

Kansas Rural Center Publications

The Rural Sociology Society

Housing Assistance Council

USDA Rural Development