INTRODUCTION TO RURAL SOCIOLOGY FREE TEXTBOOK

CONTENTS PAGES

Module 1 Introduction ……………..…………………… 1

Unit 1 Definition and Concept of Rural Sociology…… 1

Unit 2 Definitions of Sociological Terms and

Historical Development of Rural Sociology……. 7

Unit 3 The Rural and Urban Livings/Settings………….. 17

Unit 4 Settlement Pattern and Village Organisation……. 22

Unit 5 Rural Infrastructure……………………………. 34

Module 2 Major Rural Social Institutions in Nigeria …. 41

Unit 1 Marriage and the Family……………..………. 41

Unit 2 The Rural School System…………………….. 49

Unit 3 The Religious Institution………………….…. 57

Unit 4 The Political Institution…………………..….. 62

Unit 5

The Rural Economic Institution ……………… 68

Module 3 Social Interactions in Rural Society……….. 77

Unit 1 Social Interactions…………………………… 77

Unit 2 Rural Development in Nigeria………………. 88

Unit 3 Rural Communities………………………….. 98

Module 4 Agricultural Communication and Change in the Society …………………………….….. 102

Unit 1 Communication in Rural Society…………… 102

Unit 2 Social Change………………………………. 108