PART ONE--INTRODUCTORY✦

CHAPTER PAGE✦

I. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL LIFE 1

II. UNORGANIZED GROUP LIFE 16

PART TWO--LIFE IN THE FAMILY GROUP✦

III. FOUNDATIONS OF THE FAMILY 24

IV. THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY 29

V. THE MAKING OF THE HOME 37

VI. CHILDREN IN THE HOME 42

VII. WORK, PLAY, AND EDUCATION 51

VIII. HOME ECONOMICS 60

IX. CHANGES IN THE FAMILY 67

X. DIVORCE 74

XI. THE SOCIAL EVIL 81

XII. CHARACTERISTICS AND PRINCIPLES 88

PART THREE--SOCIAL LIFE IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY✦

XIII. THE COMMUNITY AND ITS HISTORY 91

XIV. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE 99

XV. OCCUPATIONS 104

XVI. RECREATION 108

XVII. RURAL INSTITUTIONS 115

XVIII. RURAL EDUCATION 120

XIX. THE NEW RURAL SCHOOL 127

XX. RURAL GOVERNMENT 136

XXI. HEALTH AND BEAUTY 144

XXII. MORALS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY 151

XXIII. THE RURAL CHURCH 156

XXIV. A NEW TYPE OF RURAL INSTITUTION 162