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Population Change and Rural SocietyAgricultural Dependence and Changing Population in the Great Plains

Population Change and Rural Society: Agricultural Dependence and Changing Population in the Great... CHAPTER 9 AGRICULTURAL DEPENDENCE AND CHANGING POPULATION IN THE GREAT PLAINS KENNETH M. JOHNSON AND RICHARD W. RATHGE The Great Plains hold a special place in the history of the United States. Sweeping in a broad swath from the Canadian border down to Texas and New Mexico, they represent one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. The region is also one of the most thinly settled areas of the country. On the Great Plains, technological innovations and a changing organizational struc- ture have allowed fewer and fewer farmers to produce more and more food. One consequence has been a persistent displacement of farmers and those in the agricul- tural support infrastructure, together with their families, from the rural Heartland. A lack of alternative employment for those displaced has set in motion an un- precedented movement of residents from rural areas to the region’s metropolitan centers. Our interest here is in exploring the linkage between agricultural depen- dency and population redistribution in the Great Plains and its relevance for public policy. Human ecology offers a useful theoretical perspective to guide our dis- cussion because it recognizes the interdependence between change in organization, technology, and population (Adamchak et http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Population Change and Rural SocietyAgricultural Dependence and Changing Population in the Great Plains

Part of the The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Book Series (volume 16)
Editors: Kandel, William A.; Brown, David L.
Johnson, Kenneth M.; Rathge, Richard W.
Population Change and Rural Society — Jan 1, 2006
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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer 2006
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978-1-4020-3911-9
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197 –217
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10.1007/1-4020-3902-6_9
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CHAPTER 9 AGRICULTURAL DEPENDENCE AND CHANGING POPULATION IN THE GREAT PLAINS KENNETH M. JOHNSON AND RICHARD W. RATHGE The Great Plains hold a special place in the history of the United States. Sweeping in a broad swath from the Canadian border down to Texas and New Mexico, they represent one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. The region is also one of the most thinly settled areas of the country. On the Great Plains, technological innovations and a changing organizational struc- ture have allowed fewer and fewer farmers to produce more and more food. One consequence has been a persistent displacement of farmers and those in the agricul- tural support infrastructure, together with their families, from the rural Heartland. A lack of alternative employment for those displaced has set in motion an un- precedented movement of residents from rural areas to the region’s metropolitan centers. Our interest here is in exploring the linkage between agricultural depen- dency and population redistribution in the Great Plains and its relevance for public policy. Human ecology offers a useful theoretical perspective to guide our dis- cussion because it recognizes the interdependence between change in organization, technology, and population (Adamchak et

Published: Jan 1, 2006

Keywords: Great Plain; Natural Increase; Population Loss; Natural Decrease; Nonmetropolitan Area

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