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The small-town Midwest : resilience and hope in the twenty-first century / Julianne Couch.
Fine Arts Library HN79.A14 C68 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Couch, Julianne, author.
- Series:
- Iowa and the Midwest experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Small cities--Middle West.
- Small cities.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Middle West--Social conditions--21st century.
- Middle West.
- Middle West--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Middle West--History--21st century.
- Economic history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Most people in the United States live in urban areas; still, there are nearly fifty million people living in small towns of just a few thousand people or less. Some towns are within a short drive of a metropolitan area where people can work, shop, or go to school; some are an hour or more from any sort of urban hub. In this book, Julianne Couch sets out to illuminate the lives and hopes of these small-town residents. As Couch found in her travels throughout the Midwest, many people long to return to these towns, places where they may have deep family roots or where they can enjoy short commutes, familiar neighbors, and proximity to rural and wild places. And many of the residents of small midwestern towns are not just accepting the trend toward urbanization with a sigh. They are betting that the tide of rural population loss can't go out forever, and they're backing those bets with creatively repurposed schools, entrepreneurial innovation, and community commitment. From Bellevue, Iowa, to Centennial, Wyoming, the regions small-town residents remain both hopeful and resilient. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Centennial, Wyoming: Leaving that Forever Place 10
- 2 Bridgeport, Nebraska: Why Wouldn't You Want This? 33
- 3 Norton, Kansas: On the Cusp of Thriving 55
- 4 Sedan, Kansas: Please, Somebody have a Job 77
- 5 Knox County, Nebraska: Traveling in Good Company 102
- 6 Tarkio, Missouri: Risk and Rewards 128
- 7 New Madrid, Missouri: Where the Mississippi Flows West and the South Begins 150
- 8 Emmetsburg, Iowa: Add a College, Stir in a Casino 175
- 9 Bellevue, Iowa: Fitting In 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781609384050
- 1609384059
- OCLC:
- 920680485
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