| Description |
xvii, 223 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-214) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Source |
NBK 6/9 PPL |
| Awards |
Kansas Notable Book, 2009 |
| Subject |
Kansas -- Rural conditions.
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Sustainable development -- Kansas.
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| ISBN |
0700615776 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780700615773 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780700617258 |
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