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Between 1919 and 1953, the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life in the USDA's Bureau of Agricultural Economics promoted sociological research on rural society and its relationships with the larger US society. In retrospect, these studies offer a historical record of rural America in a period of great change. This volume includes more than 1500 citations to the research publications and related work of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life. Substantive areas are indicated by key words adapted from the subject index used in the Rural Sociology 50-year Index for 1936-85. Key word entries are also made for ethnic-cultural group and geographic location of study. ... Read more