Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives - Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research

"Examines the embeddedness of rural and farm women's lives in rural sociological research conducted by the USDA's Division of Farm Population and Rural Life (1919-1953). Explores how early rural sociologists found the conceptual space to include women in their analyses"--Provided by publisher.

About the author

Julie N. Zimmerman is Professor of Rural Sociology in the Department of Community and Leadership Development at the University of Kentucky, and the Historian for the Rural Sociological Society.Olaf F. Larson is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University.

Summary

Examines the embeddedness of rural and farm women’s lives in rural sociological research conducted by the USDA’s Division of Farm Population and Rural Life (1919-1953). Explores how early rural sociologists found the conceptual space to include women in their analyses.

Product details

• Authors: Olaf F. Larson, Olaf F. (Professor of Rural Sociology Larson, Julie N. Zimmerman, Julie N. (Associate Professor Zimmerman
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780271037288
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03728-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 160 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 0 Illustrations
• Series: Rural Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries