Survival of rural America small victories and bitter harvests
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lawrence, Kan.
Univ Press of Kansas
2008
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Tag hinzufügen | Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-214) and index Introduction: Rural America : our field of dreams -- Transition : the depopulation of rural America -- Prospects for a rural revival -- Kansas : the essence of rural America -- Rural communities at risk -- "Welcome home" and the "free land" movement -- Plainville and Rooks County : high plains, high style -- Atwood and Rawlins County : surviving in the great American desert -- Tipton : the town that refused to die -- Ottawa County : the challenges of becoming a rural bedroom community -- "The amazing 100 miles" : tourism in rural America -- Sedan : community building from the top down -- Selling rural America : Dave Rose and eBay -- The federal government's role -- Back to the future : sustainable agriculture and its effect on rural America -- Ethanol and alternative energy : rural America's saviors? -- Reinventing rural America : the buffalo commons and other regional metaphors |
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| Beschreibung: | XVII, 223 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780700615773 (cloth : alk. paper) 0700615776 (cloth : alk. paper) |