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Bertrand, Alvin L. – 1987
This paper identifies and describes development of rural sociological research in the southern United States. It traces the emergence of rural sociology as a discipline from recognition of problems of rural life in the early 1900's, points out that the northern United States predominated in early research, and discusses why early rural…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Modern History, Program Development, Regional Characteristics