Rural Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2197017 |
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| Authors | John M Gillette (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1928 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 140-149 |
| Publication date | 1928-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/214631 |
| OpenAlex | W4246989586 |
| Language | EN |
Farm population.-An evaluation of American farm conditions and processes during recent years reveals that the farm population has decreased by more than 4,000,000 between 1910 and 1928, and that in general cities gained heavily at the expense of the country. Economic situation.-In economic directions, our farmers have not sustained their pre-war position as compared with urban businesses. Relatively farm wealth declined, the prices of farm products did not keep pace with the cost of living, farm indebtedness increased, and taxes became more burdensome. Social conditions.-Farmers of the United States doubtlessly made gains in certain cultural directions and in growth of associations, but were perhaps losers in neighborhood solidarity
Agricultural economics · Business · Cost of living · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Pace · Political science · Population · Position (finance) · Rural area · Rural population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Solidarity · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Demography · Finance · Organic Food and Agriculture · Rural development and sustainability
| Highly cited | No |
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