Kenneth Pigg, a rural sociology professor at the University of Missouri, knows his field is getting smaller. As the population becomes more urban, those in administrative roles might not see the ...

Agricultural experiment stations have been slow to appreciate sociology, partly because of the division among rural sociologists. One view, represented by Gillette, thinks of rural sociology largely ...

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Sep., 1927), pp. 211-221 (11 pages) It is doubtful whether rural social investigation has thus far attained the status of research. It has been on too ...

Sociology is defined as "a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.” ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

AMES, Iowa – The latest version of a once-a-decade Iowa State University poll will survey rural Iowans about quality-of-life issues and how small town residents can come together as one community to ...

THIS book is a contribution to the solution of the old question whether man can control his social relations by taking thought as he does control the world of things. Organization of social relations ...