Readings in Rural Sociology (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Phelan, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330045041 ISBN 13 : 9781330045046

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the social fabric of rural America and how farms, schools, churches, and communities shape daily life. This collection surveys the forces that bind or strain farm communities, from leadership and cooperation to health, labor, and juvenile delinquency. It gathers research, case studies, and practical insights that illuminate how rural life works and how it can improve.

This edition presents a wide range of topics, showing how policy, tradition, and changing technologies affect farmers, residents, and local institutions. It emphasizes practical issues like education, housing, child welfare, and social centers, while highlighting pathways for stronger, more stable rural communities.

• How rural communities organize for social life, leadership, and cooperative action


• The impact of farm life on children, health, and education


• Challenges and reforms in tenancy, land use, and rural policing


• Strategies for improving schools, housing, and community resources in the countryside

Ideal for readers of rural history, sociology, and policy studies who want a grounded view of how rural life influences broader American society.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The rapid introduction during the past ten years of courses in rural sociology in universities, colleges, normal schools and other institutions engaged in the preparation of young men and women for the rural field has prepared the way for a book of readings in this subject that may be used as a text for an introductory course. Much of the material included in this book has been used with college classes in this institution and with classes of teachers in normal schools and in university summer courses. In the selection of the material it has seemed best to draw upon the writings of men and women whose long experience or professional standing entitles them to speak with some degree of authority. I have assumed that an introductory course in rural sociology should endeavor: first, to develop a broad, sympathetic understanding of the real needs and actual conditions of farm and community life in the United States; second, to lead students to appreciate the relationship between life and labor, wealth and welfare on the farm, since farming is not only an occupation but also a mode of life; third, to show as concretely as possible the unity of interest of rural and urban groups based on the fact that the farm supplies the city not only with food but also with a large proportion of its population, thus making necessary a sound rural life as the condition for the development of a permanent industrial democracy; fourth, to interest students in taking an active part in the work of those agencies that make for better conditions on American farms and in American rural communition; fifth, to endeavor to prevent students from making that most common of all errors the undervaluation of the farmers own judgment of what is best for himself. Grateful acknowledgment is here made to the authors and publishers for their generous contributions and unfailing courtesy. Their names
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330045041
• ISBN 13: 9781330045046
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 639
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