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Whiteside, Karen, Ed. – Loblolly Magazine, 1986
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Act changed farm life dramatically. The miracle of electricity in rural East Texas is examined in "Electricity Comes to East Texas" (Brandi Anderson and others). Chronicled is a description of life without electricity and how everyday chores were done in its absence. Local citizens…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Folk Culture, Handicrafts, Lighting
