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Sociology in government : the Galpin-Taylor years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919-1953
- Title
- Sociology in government : the Galpin-Taylor years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919-1953 / Olaf F. Larson and Julie N. Zimmerman ; assisted by Edward O. Moe.
- Author
- Larson, Olaf F.
- Publication
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2003.
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- Description
- xvii, 341 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "From 1919 through 1953, the U.S. Department of Agriculture housed the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life - the first unit within the federal government established specifically for sociological research. It reached the height of its influence during the New Deal and World War II as it helped implement modern liberal policies in America's farming sector, attempting to counteract the harsh effects of modern industrialism on the rural economy. In addition, the Division devoted resources to studying both the history and the contemporary state of rural social life. Sociology in Government offers the first detailed historical account and systematic documentation of this remarkable federal office."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Rural studies series
- Uniform Title
- Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
- Subject
- Galpin, Charles Josiah, 1864-1947
- Taylor, Carl C. 1884-1975
- Galpin, Charles Josiah, 1864-1947
- Taylor, Carl C. 1884-1975
- United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Division of Farm Population and Rural Life > History
- United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Division of Farm Population and Rural Life
- USA Government
- USA > Regierung
- 1900-1999
- Sociology, Rural > United States > History > 20th century
- Rural conditions
- Sociology, Rural
- Landwirtschaft
- Sozialpolitik
- United States > Rural conditions
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Published in cooperation with the Rural Sociological Society and the American Sociological Association."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-321) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Felice J. Levine, James J. Zuiches, John E. Lee Jr. -- Establishing the Division: The Background -- The Division as an Organization -- Research Priorities and Programs: Continuities and Discontinuities -- Farm and Rural Population -- Levels and Standards of Living -- The Social Organization of Rural Society: Locality and Other Groups -- The Social Organization of Rural Life: Institutions and Services -- Farm Labor -- The Sociology of Agriculture -- The Division and Black Populations / Yvonne Oliver -- The Practice of Sociology -- The Division and the Social Science Research System -- Retrospect and Reflections -- Persons on the Professional Staff of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919-1953.
- ISBN
- 0271022981
- 9780271022987
- 9780271028491
- 0271028491
- LCCN
- 2003002369
- OCLC
- ocm51607517
- 51607517
- SCSB-14662043
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library