The shop-locally discourse in Jefferson County, Kansas

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Thornburg, Gina K. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007
    URL:
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/23779631?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
    Published:
    USA: Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D11564
    Journal Title:
    Great Plains Research
    Journal Title Details:
    17 : 145-154
    Subject Term:
    buying behavior, communities, development issues, economic development, participation, rural communities, rural community development, local, community participation, rural history, community needs, community action, shopping, and rural issues
    Notes:
    10 pages., Via online., Analysis of discourse revealed nostalgia for formerly vibrant commercial districts and the importance of economic vitality and social life. Researcher observed that in the current economic structure and social milieu if residents' economies are to be revitalized they will need to become more thoughtful and creative agents of change within their villages.

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