Technology, Economy, and Society in a Long-settled Area.

A change in technology, economic conditions, social organization, or human attitudes may serve to instigate a chain reaction throughout a whole socio-economic structure. On the other hand, it can rejuvenate certain aspects of that structure which might otherwise have outlived their usefulness. The possibility of such contrasting consequences of change in any particular sphere gives rise to a need for the most comprehensive type of investigation wherever the status quo is to be altered by deliberately planned action. This, in turn, calls for the close collaboration of many professions and academic disciplines. The author was intimately connected with the case here presented in this paper in support of this contention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]