Belsie, Laurent,
The Dwindling Heartland: America's New Frontier. Laurent Belsie. - Christian Science Monitor, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 25, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: The Dwindling Heartland: America's New Frontier, Feb. 11, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Welcome to Smith County, home of the geographic center of the contiguous United States, the Kansas state song 'Home on the Range'--and the reemergence of America's frontier. As strange as it may sound, more than a century after Americans laid to rest the notion of a frontier, it's reappearing here on the Great Plains. Only this time, it doesn't involve people moving in, and it doesn't carry the sense of hope and progress of a nation expanding. Instead, it involves people moving out and represents a part of a nation contracting." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This author contends that rural communities are disappearing from the Great Plains region at an alarmingly high rate.
1522-3205;
Frontier thesis
Poverty
Rural population
Rural-urban migration
Great Plains
Kansas
AC1.S5
050
The Dwindling Heartland: America's New Frontier. Laurent Belsie. - Christian Science Monitor, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 25, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: The Dwindling Heartland: America's New Frontier, Feb. 11, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Welcome to Smith County, home of the geographic center of the contiguous United States, the Kansas state song 'Home on the Range'--and the reemergence of America's frontier. As strange as it may sound, more than a century after Americans laid to rest the notion of a frontier, it's reappearing here on the Great Plains. Only this time, it doesn't involve people moving in, and it doesn't carry the sense of hope and progress of a nation expanding. Instead, it involves people moving out and represents a part of a nation contracting." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This author contends that rural communities are disappearing from the Great Plains region at an alarmingly high rate.
1522-3205;
Frontier thesis
Poverty
Rural population
Rural-urban migration
Great Plains
Kansas
AC1.S5
050