| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Series |
Library Alabama Classics |
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Library Alabama Classics
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| 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 |
| Summary |
""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 verge of extinction.""--Florida Historical Quarterly ""One of the finest examples of the genre of the community survey. . . The book is remarkably free of special pleading. And every chapter is paced with fascinating data and insights. The University of Alabama Prss is to be congratulated for reissuing t |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sociology, Rural.
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Country life -- Southern States
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Social surveys -- Southern States
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rural sociology.
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Country life.
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Rural conditions.
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Social surveys.
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Sociology, Rural.
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| SUBJECT |
Southern States -- Rural conditions
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| Subject |
Southern States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sims, Verner M
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| ISBN |
9780817389079 |
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0817389075 |
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