| They Live on the Land: Life in an Open Country Southern Community Contributor(s): Terry, Paul W. (Author), Sims, Verner M. (Author), Mohr, Clarence (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0817305874 ISBN-13: 9780817305871 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Rural |
| Dewey: 307.72 |
| LCCN: 92-31416 |
| Series: Library of Alabama Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.62" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1940 as part of the information-gathering effort of the TVA, the work examines Gorgas, Alabama, a predominantly white farming settlement. Hailed as the most intensive case study ever made in the South, the book provides a detailed portrait of southern rural life on the verge of extinction. —Florida Historical Quarterly One of the finest examples of the genre of the community survey. . . The book is remarkably free of special pleading. And every chapter is paced with fascinating data and insights. The University of Alabama Prss is to be congratulated for reissuing this splendid community study; the volume fits the description of a classic. And Clarence L. Mohr's introduction alone is worth the price of the volume. |