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Examines the consequences of people moving to beautiful, recreational places and the social structure and natural environment of those places.

Table of Contents

Preface
"Give Me Land, Lots of Land Under Sunny Skies Above"
People Who Migrate; People Who Stay: An Overview of Data and Theories About Migration
Theoretical Orientations About Why People Stayed or Moved Away from Southwest Montana
Moving
Newcomers and Changes in Lifestyles
Economics and Migration
Age, Sex, and Marital Status and Satisfaction
Conflict Between Newcomers and Oldtimers
Losses and Gains, Alienation and Transformation: Aesop Meets
The Future of Rapidly Growing Small Towns in High Natural Amenity Areas
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

PATRICK C. JOBES is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of New England in Australia./e He was a founding member of the Environmental Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, chaired the Natural Resources Research Group, and has held numerous regional and national appointments related to research and professional service.