Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, Readings in American Democracy, chapter xxv.

Or all of the following:

2. Butterfield, The Farmer and the New Day, chapter iii.

3. Carney, Country Life and the Country School, chapter i.

4. Carver, Rural Economics, chapter vi.

5. Ely, Principles of Economics, chapter xxxix.

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. In what way is the rural problem threefold? (Butterfield, pages 30- 31)

2. What changes have taken place since 1850 with regard to the size of American farms? (Ely, pages 596-603.)