Robert Redfield Explained the Relations Between Urban and Rural Communities

question 51

Multiple Choice

Robert Redfield explained the relations between urban and rural communities by arguing that

• A)peasants were culturally isolated from cities.
• B)cities were centers from which cultural innovations were spread to rural and tribal areas.
• C)kin-based ethnic associations only exist in rural areas.
• D)there are so many connections between rural and urban areas that it is not useful to distinguish between them.
• E)urban centers have more in common with each other, even across national boundaries, than they do with rural areas in the same country.

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