Consumers in the country : technology and social change in rural America / Ronald R. Kline.

"Consumers in the Country Ronald Kline, avoiding the trap of technological determinism, explores the changing relationships among the Country Life professionals, government agencies, sales people, and others who promoted these technologies and the farm families who largely succeeded in adapting...

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Main Author: Kline, Ronald R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2000]
Series:Revisiting rural America.
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