Title They live on the land : life in an open-country southern community / Paul W. Terry and Verner M. Sims ; with an introduction by Clarence L. Mohr

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [1993] ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (xlix, 313 pages) : illustrations Series Library of Alabama classics Library of Alabama classics. Summary Published originally in 1940 but never widely distributed, this book provides an extraordinary detailed portrait of the social nuances of rural life in Gorgas, Alabama. The book is a snapshot of a way of life doomed to rapid extinction in the wake of World War II Analysis Alabama Rural communities Notes Originally published: University, Ala. : Bureau of Educational Research, University of Alabama, 1940 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Country life -- Southern States. Social surveys -- Southern States. Sociology, Rural. Southern States -- Rural conditions. Form Electronic book Author Sims, Verner M. (Verner Martin) ISBN 0585259674 (electronic bk.) 9780585259673 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (alk. paper)

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