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The farm press, reform, and rural change, 1895-1920 / John J. Fry.

By: Fry, John J [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2005Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 230 pages)ISBN: 9780203958650; 9781135475284; 9781135475352; 9781135475420Subject(s): Agricultural journalism -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century | Agricultural journalism -- Middle West -- History -- 19th centuryAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 070.449630977 LOC classification: PN4888.A43 | F78 2005Online access: Click here to view.
Contents:
Introduction. The rural midwest and the farm press during the progressive era ch. 1. "First class papers" and "never-stop papers" : twenty-five years of the midwestern farm press ch. 2. Editors and publishers : the faces behind the midwestern farm press ch. 3. "What farmers read and liked" : scenes of reading in the rural midwest ch. 4. "Who read the agricultural journals?" : farm newspaper subscribers in the lower midwest ch. 5. "Innumerable little white churches" : the rural church and the midwestern farm press ch. 6. "The school house at the crossroads" : the rural school and the midwestern farm press ch. 7. "Why leave the farm?" : the rural family and the midwestern farm press Conclusion. "Good farming, clear thinking, right living" : the uses of midwestern farm newspapers Epilogue. Midwestern farm newspapers since the 1920s.
Summary: An in-depth look at producers and readers of Midwestern farm newspapers at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.

Introduction. The rural midwest and the farm press during the progressive era ch. 1. "First class papers" and "never-stop papers" : twenty-five years of the midwestern farm press ch. 2. Editors and publishers : the faces behind the midwestern farm press ch. 3. "What farmers read and liked" : scenes of reading in the rural midwest ch. 4. "Who read the agricultural journals?" : farm newspaper subscribers in the lower midwest ch. 5. "Innumerable little white churches" : the rural church and the midwestern farm press ch. 6. "The school house at the crossroads" : the rural school and the midwestern farm press ch. 7. "Why leave the farm?" : the rural family and the midwestern farm press Conclusion. "Good farming, clear thinking, right living" : the uses of midwestern farm newspapers Epilogue. Midwestern farm newspapers since the 1920s.

An in-depth look at producers and readers of Midwestern farm newspapers at the turn of the twentieth century.

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