They Live on The Land : Life in an Open Country Southern Community.

They Live on The Land : Life in an Open Country Southern Community.

""First published in 1940 as part of the information-gathering effort of the TVA, the work examines Gorgas, Alabama, a predominantly white farming settlement. Hailed as the most intensive case study ever made in the South, the book provides a detailed portrait of southern rural life on the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Terry, Paul W.
Other Authors: Sims, Verner M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2015.
Series:Library Alabama Classics.
Subjects:
Sociology, Rural.
Country life > Southern States.
Social surveys > Southern States.
rural sociology.
Country life
Rural conditions
Social surveys
Sociology, Rural
Southern States > Rural conditions.
Southern States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction by Clarence l. Mohr; Photographic Section; Contents to the 1940 Edition; Preface to the 1940 Edition; 1. Origins of the Community; 2. The People; 3. Economic Life of the Community; 4. Civic Life; 5. Health and Medical Services; 6. The Homes; 7. The Churches; 8. The Schools; 9. How the People Spent Their Time; 10. What the People Thought; 11. Leadership of the Community.

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