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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]
The history of Texas, particularly of the old independent Republic of Texas, is intimately bound up with its present culture. Frontier Texas! is a museum of the American Old West in Abilene. Texas is also home to many historical societies, such as: The Texas Historical Commission, an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the state of ...
1833 map of Coahuila and Texas; Austin's Colony is the large pink area in the southeast.. The "Old Three Hundred" were 297 grantees who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin in Mexican Texas.
The Country Life Movement in America, 1900-1920 (Kennikat Press, 1974). online; Danbom. David B. Born in the Country: A History of Rural America (1995) pp 161–184. Ellsworth, Clayton S. "Theodore Roosevelt's Country Life Commission" Agricultural History 34#4 (1960), pp. 155-172 in JSTOR
Texas Tribune hosted the Future of Rural Texas at Texas Tech University on Nov. 17-18. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Texas Germans (German: Texas-Deutsche) are descendants of Germans who settled in Texas since the 1830s. The arriving Germans tended to cluster in ethnic enclaves ; the majority settled in a broad, fragmented belt across the south-central part of the state, where many became farmers. [ 1 ]
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 ...