The Fourteenth Paw: Growing Up on an Iowa Farm in the 1930sAMIC, 2008 - 148 oldal This memoir of Everett M. Rogers, the pioneer of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory, contains stories of his boyhood days on the family farm in the 1930s, a way of life that has now disappeared. The stories are mixed with anecdotes from his education and academic career as well as a poignant account of his battle with cancer. |
Tartalomjegyzék
April | 1 |
May | 18 |
June | 29 |
July | 46 |
August | 58 |
September | 72 |
October | 83 |
November | 97 |
December | 112 |
January | 123 |
February | 133 |
March | 140 |
Epilogue | 148 |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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