Included in this book on rural sociology in Poland are: (1) "Rural Sociology in Poland" (an article detailing the reflections and studies of rural life and agriculture before the discipline of rural sociology was acknowledged); (2) "Half A Century of Rural Sociology in Poland" (an article describing the "golden age" of Polish sociology in the 1930's, the transitory period with the coming of the Second World War, the present state of rural sociology and its development tendencies, and current research subjects); (3) "State of Research on Rural Sociology" (an article referring to contemporary studies of problems considered central to Polish rural sociology (the farm, the rural family, the village as a territorial community, the peasant's strata and class relations, and the culture of the rural population); (4) "Bibliography of Rural Sociology in Poland" (38 citations covering the period between 1957 and 1975); (5) a list of 16 active research centers dealing with rural sociology. (JC)