Biography: Patrick Carr is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and is the author of Clean Streets.

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Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America Authors: Patrick J. Carr, Maria J. Kefalas Binding Information: Cloth  Trade Code: 00C Price: $26.95 In stock. In 2001, the MacArthur Foundation dispatched sociologists Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas to a small town in Iowa to chronicle the exodus of young people from America's countryside and to understand the process of the rural brain drain. One in five Americans, nearly sixty million people, live in small towns, and the rate at which young people are permanently leaving has grave local and national repercussions. Qty:

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Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America Authors: Patrick J. Carr, Maria J. Kefalas Binding Information: Paperback  Trade Code: 00P Price: $16.00 In stock. Already widely covered on NPR stations across the nation—and featured in Newsweek, the Chronicle Review, and Reader's Digest—Hollowing Out the Middle explains why the rural brain drain is a nationwide concern we can no longer ignore. Qty:

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