Bridging the Distance : Common Issues of the Rural West /

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"Examines the challenges confronting those living in today's rural West. Bridging the Distance examines a number of the problems and prospects of the rural West that have largely been neglected by scholars. The issues are considered in four sections: Defining the Rural West, Community, Eco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Bill Lane Center for the American West
Otros Autores: Danbom, David B., 1947- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social problems.
Rural conditions.
Land use.
Economic history.
Ecology.
Community life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Land use > West (U.S.)
Community life > West (U.S.)
Social problems > West (U.S.)
West United States.
West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions.
West (U.S.) > Economic conditions.
West (U.S.) > Rural conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / David B. Danbom
  • [1] Defining the Rural West
  • Finding the Rural West / Jon K. Lauck
  • Conquering Distance? : Broadband and the Rural West / Geoff McGhee
  • [2] Community
  • Too Close for Comfort : When Big Stories Hit Small Towns / Judy Muller
  • On Water and Wolves : Toward an Integrative Political Ecology of the "New" West / J. Dwight Hines
  • Irrigation Communities, Political Cultures, and the Public in the Age of Depletion / Burke W. Griggs
  • Health Disparities among Latino Immigrants Living in the Rural West / Marc Schenker
  • [3] The Rural Western Economy
  • Energy Development Opportunities and Challenges in the Rural West / Mark N. Haggerty and Julia H. Haggerty
  • The New Natural Resource Economy : A Framework for Rural Community Resilience / Michael Hibbard and Susan Lurie
  • [4] Land Use in the Rural West
  • The Angry West : Understanding the Sagebrush Rebellion in Rural Nevada / Leisl Carr Childers
  • Skull Valley Goshutes and the Politics of Place, Identity, and Sovereignty in Rural Utah / David Rich Lewis.

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