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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Kollmorgan, Walter M. |
| Title, Monographic | The German-Swiss in Franklin County, Tennessee: A Study of the Significance of Cultural Considerations in Farming Enterprises |
| Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Publisher | United States Department of Agriculture |
| Date of Publication | 1940 |
| Extent of Work | ii, 113 |
| Abstract | Includes information on source of immigration, motives and incentives, assets of the immigrants, craftsmanship and abilities, rehabilitation of the land, machine and crop innovations, enterprise and diseases, and the introduction and perpetuation of technique and patterns. |
| Notes | Contents: Description of "cultural island" and control groups -- Franklin County in ante bellum days -- Franklin County in the 1860's -- The German-Swiss settlement (including source of immigration, motives and incentives, assets of the immigrants, craftsmanship and abilities, rehabilitation of the land, machine and crop innovations, enterprise and diseases, and the introduction and perpetuation of technique and patterns) -- A comparision of the farming program of the German-Swiss and three control groups in Franklin County, 1929-30 -- General farm status and practices -- Stock on farms and animal products -- Farm crops in 1929 -- Value of products sold, traded, or used, 1919. |
| Call Number | MKI P84-100 |
| MKI Terms | Swiss Americans/ Culture/ Farming/ Agriculture/ Swiss Americans -- Tennessee |