The Sociology of Rural Life

Résumé du livre

The rural world. The number, origin, distribution, and importance of the rural population. Composition of the population. Physical characteristics and health. Psychological characteristics and mental health. Fertility. Mortality. Migration. Form of settlement. Land division. Land tenure. Size of holdings. Social differetiations. Social stratification. Mabriage and the family. Rural education and educational institutions. Relegion and the rural church. Rural political institutions and government. Comepetitions and conflict in rural socity. Cooperatition in rural areas. Accommodation, assimlation, and acculturuation.