1. Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: A Synthesis / Emery N. Castle and David E. Ervin -- Pt. I. The Past 50 Years -- 2. The Emergence and Evolution of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics / Daniel W. Bromley -- 3. Rural Economics: People, Land, and Capital / Paul W. Barkley -- Pt. II. Human-Nature and Rural-Urban Interdependence -- 4. Environmental Economics and the "Curse" of the Circular Flow / V. Kerry Smith and Jared C. Carbone -- 5. The New Rural Economics / Maureen Kilkenny -- 6. Exploring the Prospects for Amenity-Driven Growth in Rural Areas / Elena G. Irwin, Alan Randall and Yong Chen -- 7. Natural Amenities, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis / JunJie Wu and Sanjiv Mishna -- Pt. III. Policies and Programs for People and Places -- 8. People and Places at the Ragged Edge: Place-Based Policing for Reducing Rural Poverty / Bruce A. Weber -- 9. Rural Human Capital Development / Maureen Kilkenny and Monica Haddad -- 10. Property Taxation and the Redistribution of Rural Resource Rents / Mitch Kunce and Jason F. Shogren -- 11. The Politics of Place: Linking Rural and Environmental Governance / Ronald J. Oakerson -- 12. Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: A Methodological Perspective / Emery N. Castle -- Pt. IV. The Next 25 Years -- 13. Resources and Rural Communities: Looking Ahead / Kathleen Segerson -- 14. The Future of Rural America Through a Social-Demographic Lens / David L. Brown