Anderson, W. L., “Local Degeneracy,” chapter 5, in same.

Roads, Charles, “Rural Christendom,” chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Gillette, J. M., “Conditions and Needs of Country Life,” pp. 3-11 in “Country Life.”[46]

Hartman, E. T., “Village Problems and Characteristics,” pp. 234-243 in same.[46]

Hibbard, B. H., “Farm Tenancy in the United States,” pp. 29-39 in same.[46]

Cance, A. E., “Immigrant Rural Communities,” pp. 69-80 in same.[46]

Plunkett, Sir Horace, “The Rural Life Problem in the United States.” chapters 3-4.


II. Country Life Optimism

Rural Resources and the Country Life Movement

Bailey, L. H., “Why Boys Leave the Farm” and “Why Persons Take to Farming,” pp. 89-136 in “The Training of Farmers.”