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1 online resource (311 pages) |
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Table of Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Defining the Rural West; Finding the Rural West; Conquering Distance?; Community; Too Close for Comfort; On Water and Wolves; Irrigation Communities, Political Cultures, and the Public in the Age of Depletion; Health Disparities among Latino Immigrants Living in the Rural West; The Rural Western Economy; Energy Development Opportunities and Challenges in the Rural West; The New Natural Resource Economy; Land Use in the Rural West; The Angry West |
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Skull Valley Goshutes and the Politics of Place, Identity, and Sovereignty in Rural UtahList of Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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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, Economy, and Land Use; each with an introduction by editor David Danbom. The essays highlight factors that set the region apart from the rest of the country and provide varied perspectives on challenges faced by those living in often isolated areas. Contributors cover matters such as a hazing incident that divided a small Colorado town and the effects of media coverage; challenges in areas of Montana and Wyoming where the ideas of new exurbanites regarding natural resources differ from those of long-time residents; conflict between surface water and ground water users in Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska; and the shortcomings of health care among Latino immigrants in rural California. Essays on rural economy suggest how states can better use fiscal policies to advance long-term economic health and how resources can be exploited in ways that are both environmentally and economically sustainable. On the question of land use, one essay shares the viewpoint of a ranching family in Nevada that has long struggled with the government over grazing cattle on federal lands. Another examines the case of the Goshute Indians of Skull Valley, whose efforts to use their reservation for nuclear waste storage roused the ire of the state of Utah. The essays in Bridging the Distance are fresh, informative, and insightful examinations of the complex problems facing the rural West. This is a book that will spur both conversations and the search for solutions"-- Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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Social problems -- West (U.S.)
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Community life -- West (U.S.)
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Land use -- West (U.S.)
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY).
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Community life
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Ecology
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Economic history
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Land use
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Rural conditions
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Social problems
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West (U.S.) -- Rural conditions
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West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146149
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West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions
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West United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Danbom, David B
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| ISBN |
9781607814566 |
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1607814560 |
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