Rural America – serie

Through a comparison of economics and politics in two Populist states - Kansas and Nebraska - and one non-Populist state - Iowa - this work shows that economic conditions alone cannot explain why the People's Party flourished or floundered in the period 1880 to 1892.

Combines current theory on globalisation of food with case studies to discuss the changing agricultural and food system in the era of ConAgra and other large transnational corporations. This volume looks at the operations of these corporate giants and examines the winners and losers.

Exploring the now-abandoned rural settlement of Thurman, Kansas, this account of its social organisation and disintegration provides a new perspective on what happened when the cattle drives from Texas and the Southwest shifted in the 1880s from Kansas cowtowns to the Flint Hills.

This text explores the successes and failures of the shrimpers who prowl remote bays, rivers and estuaries for their livelihoods. Through random sample surveys and historical analysis it examines the political, economic and social realities confronting the shrimpers and their families.

Many rural communities attract meat, poultry and fish processing plants owned by transnational corporations. They often bring social disorder in their wake (incoming workers). This work offers anthropological, geographical, sociological, journalist and industrial perspectives on the issue.

This work examines the role of non-metropolitan people and places in the economic life of the United States, and covers such diverse issues as poverty, industry, the environment, education, family, social problems, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, government, public policy and regional diversity.

Scrutinising the people, policies, institutions and issue tied to the shrimping industry in Mississippi, this text presents an analysis of the system from the people who catch the shrimp to the quandaries facing the policymakers who try to regulate them.

In this analysis of the National and State Rural Development Councils (NRDC and SRDC), the authors examine the successes and failures of the original eight councils in Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Washington.