Rural Industrialization in the Ozarks : Case Study of a New Shirt Plant at Gassville, Arkansas. Agricultural Economic Report No. 123 / Max F. Jordon.

To determine the short term effects of a large apparel plant on the economy of a relatively isolated, highly rural Ozark area (8 counties), characterized by low income and few employment opportunities, this study compared 1959 data on the study area and the state of Arkansas with similar post plant...

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Main Author: Jordon, Max F.
Corporate Author: Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Fayetteville
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1967.
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Physical Description:28 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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