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- They Live on The Land: Life in an Open Country Southern Community
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: Library Alabama Classics
summary
"First published in 1940 as part of the information-gathering effort of the TVA, the work examines Gorgas, Alabama, a predominantly white farming settlement. Hailed as the most intensive case study ever made in the South, the book provides a detailed portrait of southern rural life on the verge of extinction."
—Florida Historical Quarterly
—Florida Historical Quarterly
"One of the finest examples of the genre of the community survey. . . The book is remarkably free of special pleading. And every chapter is paced with fascinating data and insights. The University of Alabama Prss is to be congratulated for reissuing this splendid community study; the volume fits the description of a classic. And Clarence L. Mohr's introduction alone is worth the price of the volume."
—Journal of Southwest Georgia History
Table of Contents
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- Introduction by Clarence l. Mohr
- pp. ix-xiv
- Photographic Section
- pp. li-lx
- Contents to the 1940 Edition
- pp. lxi-lxviii
- Preface to the 1940 Edition
- pp. lxix-lxx
- 1. Origins of the Community
- pp. 1-18
- 2. The People
- pp. 19-40
- 3. Economic Life of the Community
- pp. 41-70
- 4. Civic Life
- pp. 71-109
- 5. Health and Medical Services
- pp. 110-127
- 6. The Homes
- pp. 128-145
- 7. The Churches
- pp. 146-188
- 8. The Schools
- pp. 189-220
- 9. How the People Spent Their Time
- pp. 221-257
- 10. What the People Thought
- pp. 258-288
- 11. Leadership of the Community
- pp. 289-313
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817389079
Related ISBN(s)
9780817305871
MARC Record
OCLC
45731033
Pages
383
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1993