Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... United States was 385. By contrast , in 1920 , before mechanization became widespread , the average farm size was 148 acres ; in 1930 it had grown , but only to 157 acres . The change in the size of farms in the United States can be ...
... United States was 385. By contrast , in 1920 , before mechanization became widespread , the average farm size was 148 acres ; in 1930 it had grown , but only to 157 acres . The change in the size of farms in the United States can be ...
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... United States Bureau of the Census with Mexican - Americans . From 1930 to 1970 , the United States Bureau of the Census tried without conspicuous success to develop census techniques refined enough to count the Mexican - American ...
... United States Bureau of the Census with Mexican - Americans . From 1930 to 1970 , the United States Bureau of the Census tried without conspicuous success to develop census techniques refined enough to count the Mexican - American ...
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... United States . Glencoe , Ill .: Free Press . Brown , David L. 1975. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Growing and Declining Nonmetropolitan Counties . Economic Research Service , U.S. Department of Agriculture . AER - 306 . 1976 ...
... United States . Glencoe , Ill .: Free Press . Brown , David L. 1975. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Growing and Declining Nonmetropolitan Counties . Economic Research Service , U.S. Department of Agriculture . AER - 306 . 1976 ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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