ABSTRACT
This project contributes to our understanding of rural Midwesterners and farm newspapers at the turn of the century. While cultural historians have mainly focused on readers in town and cities, it examines Midwestern farmers. It also contributes to the "new rural history" by exploring the ideas of Hal Barron and others that country people selectively adapted the advice given to them by reformers. Finally, it furthers our understanding of American farm newspapers themselves and offers suggestions on how to use them as sources.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|24 pages
First Class Papers" and "Never-Stop Papers": Twenty-Five Years of the Midwestern Farm Press
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chapter 4|24 pages
Who Read the Agricultural Journals?": Farm Newspaper Subscribers in the Lower Midwest
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chapter 5|26 pages
Innumerable Little White Churches": The Rural Church and the Midwestern Farm Press
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chapter 6|24 pages
The School House at the Crossroads": The Rural School and the Midwestern Farm Press
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