Reddit mentions: The best rural sociology books

What I've seen is a term called urbanormativity. I've only seen it pop up periodically in my research (how urban elites have engaged with rural communities is part of my dissertation research), so I'm not sure that there really is a cohesive framework as of yet. Below are some books/papers on the subject (or at least related to the subject). I would recommend the last two, as I've met and seen presentations by both Lisa Pruitt (UC-Davis) and Alexander Thomas (SUNY-Oneonta), and I find both scholars work to be interesting and well done.

Studies in Urbanormativity: Rural Community in Urban Society

Urbanormativity, Spatial Privilege, and Judicial Blind Spots in Abortion Law

Critical Rural Theory: Structure, Space, Culture

Other general books that might be of interest:

[Born in the Country](https://www.amazon.com/Born-Country-History-America-Revisiting/dp/0801850401/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1479150780&sr=1-1] by David Danbom (a general history of rural America)

Remaking the Heartland by David Wuthnow

Note: Because of my focus, I'm mostly familiar with rural agricultural communities, especially those in the Midwest. If you want more on Coal Country or the Mountain West, I can dig for more resources. I know that there has been a pronounced interest as of late in the Appalachian identity and attempts to use it as a source of pride.

Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart is a pretty interesting book about the mountain folk of the Smoky Mountains before it became a park. He lived among the locals for years. He talks about the families who lived in the area and what it was like. You get to know the actual people the famous balds are now named after.

Gift this book to any of the idiots who think this way

Yeah sure that must be it
FACT: Every single Israeli city is built on or next to a destroyed and ethnically cleansed Palestinian town or village, all of them are clearly recorded and will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
https://www.amazon.com/All-That-Remains-Palestinian-Depopulated/dp/0887283063

There isn't peace because a bunch of racist pigs from Brooklyn or Ukraine decided they want to recreate a fantasy land on someone else's property, and now they can't get themselves out of the hole they've dug for themselves.

So Drop dead

EVERY SINGLE Palestinian is ENTITLED to return to their land. ALL OF IT.
Internatiolal law says so, the WORLD says so, and you can kindly go fuck yourself if you don't like it. Every single grain of sand MUST BE RETURNED TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS: THE PALESTINIANS. Plus interest and damages.

It is indeed a complex situation, but these would be a good start:

• “State of Terror: How terrorism Created Modern Israel” by Thomas Suárez
  
• “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” by Ilan Pappé
  
• “Culture and Resistance: Conversations with Edward W. Said” by David Barsamian
  
• “The Battle for Justice in Palestine” by Ali Abunimah
  
• “Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination, and Democracy” by Ben White
  
• “The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza” by Max Blumenthal
  
  Earlier history:
  
  
• “All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948” and “Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of The Palestinians 1876-1948” by Walid Khalidi
  
  For more contextual books, I would recommend:
  
  
• “Orientalism” by Edward Said
  
• “The Holocaust Industry” and “Beyond Chutzpah” by Norman Finkelstein
  
• “Not by Might, nor by Power: The Zionist Betrayal of Judaism” By Moshe Menuhin