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Farmers in a changing world (1940) 1240 pp of articles by experts in agriculture and rural life online; Vidich, Arthur J., and Joseph Bensman. Small town in mass society; class, power, and religion in a rural community (1960), in upstate New York online; Vogt, Paul L. Introduction to rural sociology (1922) online
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
In historiography, rural history is a field of study focusing on the history of societies in rural areas. At its inception, the field was based on the economic history of agriculture. Since the 1980s it has become increasingly influenced by social history and has diverged from the economic and technological focuses of " agricultural history ".
Historian William Bowers has described this philosophy as contradictory, as these reformers sought to preserve a rural past while adding elements of urban life to rural lifestyles. [ 1 ] A second segment of country-lifers sought to improve what they saw as declining rural living conditions by introducing progressive ideals to rural life.
U.S. adults between the ages of 25 and 44 are eyeing small towns. "It’s been so much easier to connect with strangers and meet all sorts of people," says one 28-year-old who made the move.
Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, [1] consists of approximately 97% of the United States' land area. An estimated 60 million people, or one in five residents (17.9% of the total U.S. population), live in rural America. Definitions vary from different parts of the United States government as to what ...
In order to connect rural residents, it will take major investments. In the coming months, internet service providers will compete for $159 million in Capital Projects Funds for further service ...
Secluded deep in west central Texas, Tom Green County has an average suicide rate of around 19.3 per 100,000 people, according to data from the past 23 years provided by San Angelo-based West ...