Citation

Smith WC. Am. J. Sociol. 1927; 32(5): 771-786.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1927, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/214239

PMID

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Abstract

There is a different between the characteristics socio-psychic traits of rural and urban dwellers. The causes of these differences may be considered from four points of view: (1) selection, (2) isolation, (3) domestication, and (4) occupation. The occupational activities are fundamental in the development of attitudes, and, since rural occupational conditions are so far different from those of the city, the differences between the two groups may be largely accounted for in this way.