The Cultural Setting of American Agricultural Problems

Ralph Turner

No 391404, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] Relationship of Rural and Urban Life ---Dominance of the Rural Economy in Early America (Modifications of European Patterns – Bases of American Democracy – Growth of Cities and the Rise of Technology) --- Diffusion of Economic Liberalism from Europe (Urban and Rural Interpretations of Individualism) --- Current Patterns of American Culture (Technological and Intellectual Patterns – Social Patterns – Business Cycles and Unemployment – Urbanization) --- Changes in the Rural Economy --- New Problems of the Rural Economy (Problems of Economic Control – Problems of Production – Significance of the Increased Capacity to Produce – Problems of Standards of Living – Problems of Population) --- Rural Problems Part of the National Problem --- A Note for Students on the Concept of Culture --- Literature Cited.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 1940
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.391404

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