The Cultural Setting of American Agricultural Problems

[Contents:] Relationship of Rural and Urban Life ---Dominance of the Rural Economy in Early America (Modifications of European Patterns – Bases of American Democracy – Growth of Cities and the Rise of Technology) --- Diffusion of Economic Liberalism from Europe (Urban and Rural Interpretations of Individualism) --- Current Patterns of American Culture (Technological and Intellectual Patterns – Social Patterns – Business Cycles and Unemployment – Urbanization) --- Changes in the Rural Economy --- New Problems of the Rural Economy (Problems of Economic Control – Problems of Production – Significance of the Increased Capacity to Produce – Problems of Standards of Living – Problems of Population) --- Rural Problems Part of the National Problem --- A Note for Students on the Concept of Culture --- Literature Cited.