Publication

2000-04-06 - The Johns Hopkins University Press

Language

English

Word Count

96,000 words, Guess

Page Count

384 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99045676
  • LibraryThing517567

Classifications

  • LCCT14.5.K578 2000

Description

"Consumers in the Country Ronald Kline, avoiding the trap of technological determinism, explores the changing relationships among the Country Life professionals, government agencies, sales people, and others who promoted these technologies and the farm families who largely succeeded in adapting the technologies to rural culture."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

The telephone was the first of our four allegedly urbanizing technologies to be adopted in rural America.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Consumers in the Country: Technology and Social Change in Rural America (Revisiting Rural America)HardcoverThe Johns Hopkins University Press2000-04-06

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