Small Firms in Urban and Rural Locations

by James Curran

Small businesses in rural areas - especially the increasing number engaged in non-agricultural activities - have been largely neglected by researchers. Yet, as in other areas, small businesses in rural areas have become more central to the economy since 1980.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College, London. He has published over 18 books, including Culture Wars: The Media and British Left (with Ivor Gaber and Julian Petley) (Edinburgh University Press, 2005), Power without Responsibility (with Jean Seaton), 6th edition (Routledge, 2003), Mass Media and Society (ed. with Michael Gurevitch), 4th edition (Arnold, 2005) and Media and Power (Routledge, 2002).