Migration Trends in the Kansas Ogallala Region and the Internal Colonial Dependency Model.

White, Stephen E.

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ERIC Number: EJ569240

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Publication Date: 1998

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Migration Trends in the Kansas Ogallala Region and the Internal Colonial Dependency Model.

White, Stephen E.

Rural Sociology, v63 n2 p253-71 Jun 1998

Examines population change in the High Plains of western Kansas in terms of an internal colonialism-dependency model. Identifies a wide range of colonial dependent characteristics, including long-term population decline, high median age, highly channelized migration flows, and continuing outmigration of the region's most educated inhabitants. Contains 49 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Age Groups, Colonialism, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns, Population Trends, Poverty, Regional Characteristics, Rural Areas, Rural to Urban Migration

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kansas

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