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The Sociology of Agriculture: (Contributions in Sociology)
The Sociology of Agriculture - Contributions in Sociology Author:Frederick H. Buttel, Olaf F. Larson, Gilbert W. Gillespie Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rural Sociological Society, this monograph analyzes the nearly 90 years of rural sociological research on agriculture. The authors' aim throughout is to convey both continuities and discontinuities in theory, method, and approach that have characterized the field as it has developed. Intended ... more »primarily as a straightforward exposition of major scholarly themes, the study is organized around the three major eras of rural sociological research identified by the authors: the initial period from 1900 through the early 1950s; the social psychological/behaviorist emphasis between the early 1950s and the early 1970s, and the "new rural sociology" of the past decade.« less