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Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929

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The farmer's standard of living; a socio-economic study of 2,886 white farm families of selected localities in 11 states. By E.L. Kirkpatrick ...

Kirkpatrick, Ellis Lore, 1884-

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Washington, Govt. print. off., 1926.

SUMMARY
This socioeconomic study compares different groups of farm families and analyzes the relationships among material desires, the use of time as a factor in the standard of living, and the use of price averages in farm families' household planning. The document brings together a number of separate studies undertaken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in conjunction with twelve colleges and universities. As a whole, the investigation covers eleven states in New England, the South, and the Midwest and a range of farm families including those of farm owners, tenants, and workers.

NOTES
Available as facsimile page image(s).

SUBJECTS
Cost and standard of living--United States.
Farmers --Economic conditions.
Farmers--Social conditions.

MEDIUM
64 p. map, diagrs. 24 cm.

CALL NUMBER
HD6983 .K54 1926

DIGITAL ID
amrlg lg17 urn:hdl:loc.gdc/amrlg.lg17 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/amrlg.lg17

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