The 9 papers in this compilation on rural industrial development are titled as follows: (1) "U.S. Employment Shifts Through 1985" (gains, regional losses, relation to per capita income and economic activities, geographic concentration, and national basis of regional projections); (2) "Large Industry in a Rural Area: Demographic, Economic, and Social Impacts" (research findings and further needs, policy implications, and activity descriptions); (3) "Current Spatial Organization of Industrial Production and Distribution Activity" (national perspective, regional employment allocations, metro/nonmetro differentials, manufacturing activities, and alternatives); (4) "Rural Industrial Growth in the Southeast Since 1962" (economic outlook and pacesetting, patterns of nonmetro economic growth, and rural employment gains); (5) "Community Planning and Decisionmaking to Attract Industry" (current situation, choices, multiplier effects, taxes, jobs, community leadership and responsibility, and organizational roles); (6) "Industry's Viewpoint of Rural Areas: Corporate and Community Decisionmaking for Locating Industry" (representative statements); (7) "Problems in Rural Communities After Industry Arrives"; (8) "An Industrial Promotion Survey: A Guide for Your Rural Community's Development"; (9) "Rural Development Through Electronic Technology" (approaches, products, services, etc.). (JC)