The farm press, reform, and rural change, 1895-1920 /
Fry, John J.,
The farm press, reform, and rural change, 1895-1920 / John J. Fry. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 230 pages) - Studies in American popular history and culture . - American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
Introduction. The rural midwest and the farm press during the progressive era -- chapter 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.
9780203958650 9781135475284 9781135475352 9781135475420
10.4324/9780203958650 doi
Agricultural journalism--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agricultural journalism--History--Middle West--19th century.
PN4888.A43 / F78 2005
070.449630977 / F946
The farm press, reform, and rural change, 1895-1920 / John J. Fry. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 230 pages) - Studies in American popular history and culture . - American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
Introduction. The rural midwest and the farm press during the progressive era -- chapter 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.
9780203958650 9781135475284 9781135475352 9781135475420
10.4324/9780203958650 doi
Agricultural journalism--History--Middle West--20th century.
Agricultural journalism--History--Middle West--19th century.
PN4888.A43 / F78 2005
070.449630977 / F946