Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Rural High Tech: Problems and Prospects; 2 The What, Where, and Why of High Tech; 3 Regional Distribution of Rural High Tech; 4 Regional High-Tech Location and Rural Industrialization; 5 Strategic Sectors' Shortcomings Confront Rural Communities; 6 Unmasking High-Tech Location; 7 Factors Influencing Rural High-Tech Plant and Employment Location; 8 Factors Governing the Spatial Distribution of High-Tech Jobs and Plants Among Cities and Rural Communities; 9 Prospects for Rural High-Tech Development