Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword by Dr. Ray Marshall; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One The Road to Industrialization; 1 Hard Travelin'; 2 Winds of Change; Part Two A Portrait of Modernization; 3 Automation Down Home; 4 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions; 5 Rural Modernization, European Style; Part Three Preparing for Technology; 6 Mind Over Matter; 7 Retooling the Training System; 8 An Unlikely Choice; Part Four Looking Ahead; 9 A New Rural Policy Paradigm; Notes; Bibliography; Index