Survival of rural America
Subtitle: small victories and bitter harvests
By: Richard E. Wood.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780700615773
Subjects: Sustainable development -- Kansas.; Kansas -- Rural conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-214) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: Rural America : our field of dreams; value: Transition : the depopulation of rural America; value: Prospects for a rural revival; value: Kansas : the essence of rural America; value: Rural communities at risk; value: "Welcome home" and the "free land" movement; value: Plainville and Rooks County : high plains, high style; value: Atwood and Rawlins County : surviving in the great American desert; value: Tipton : the town that refused to die; value: Ottawa County : the challenges of becoming a rural bedroom community; value: "The amazing 100 miles" : tourism in rural America; value: Sedan : community building from the top down; value: Selling rural America : Dave Rose and eBay; value: The federal government's role; value: Back to the future : sustainable agriculture and its effect on rural America; value: Ethanol and alternative energy : rural America's saviors?; value: Reinventing rural America : the buffalo commons and other regional metaphors.