Bridging the Distance : Common Issues of Rural West.
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Salt Lake City :
University of Utah Press,
2015.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781607814566 1607814560 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
- Skull Valley Goshutes and the Politics of Place, Identity, and Sovereignty in Rural UtahList of Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index.