Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... households exceeded that of urban households ( Grabill demonstrated in 1955 that rural fertility exceeded urban fertility in every decade from 1800 through 1950 ) . The number of persons per household in nonmetropolitan areas continued ...
... households exceeded that of urban households ( Grabill demonstrated in 1955 that rural fertility exceeded urban fertility in every decade from 1800 through 1950 ) . The number of persons per household in nonmetropolitan areas continued ...
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... household maintenance tasks and child rearing but also to other tasks , as needed , to hold together the family economic enterprise . Work burdens shouldered by rural women have varied by residence ( farm , ranch , small town ) , by the ...
... household maintenance tasks and child rearing but also to other tasks , as needed , to hold together the family economic enterprise . Work burdens shouldered by rural women have varied by residence ( farm , ranch , small town ) , by the ...
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... household , though we have no hard data on which to base that generalization . It would be somewhat surprising , on the other hand , to find rural - nonfarm women leaders in such " liberated " behavior as equal sharing of household ...
... household , though we have no hard data on which to base that generalization . It would be somewhat surprising , on the other hand , to find rural - nonfarm women leaders in such " liberated " behavior as equal sharing of household ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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