Re: Need info on rural sociology study

Irwin Weintraub (iweintra@rci.rutgers.edu)
Thu, 22 Feb 1996 09:27:37 -0500

The two towns were ARVIN and DINUBA in California's Central Valley. I think the
study was done in 1946 by Walter Goldschmidt who was employed by the USDA. He
discussed these findings before a Senate Commitee in 1972.

I have a partial citation that may help
The article appeared in ARROWSMITH COUNTRY LIFE MAY/JUNE 1991 issue.
Sorry, I don't know the pages.

An excerpt of this article and a series of additional articles on the farm
crisis and the loss of young people in agriculture can be found in

Utne Reader September/October 1991 pages 90-101.

You should be able to find these issues at your University of Arkansas library.

Irwin Weintraub
Head, Chang Science Library
Rutgers University
iweintra@rci.rutgers.edu