Consumers in the Country
Subtitle: Technology and Social Change in Rural America (Revisiting Rural America)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 6, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780801862489
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Impact of science & technology on society; Social history; 20th century; Sociology; Rural Sociology; Technology And Social Change; Social Science; United States; History: American; USA; Sociology - Rural; United States - General; History / United States / General; General; Country life; Social Aspects; Technology
First sentence: The telephone was the first of our four allegedly urbanizing technologies to be adopted in rural America.
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.