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Population Dynamics in Rural Missouri, 1860–1880

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Mary Eschelbach Gregson
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The extraordinarily productive corn and wheat belts were settled a generation before modern Middle America blossomed. The story of rural Middle America, especially in the decades following the Civil War, is the story of the men and women who settled the region and stayed. In politics the Middle American community looked to long-term residents for a definition of its best interests (Winkle 1988; Curti 1959). In agricultural matters the community looked to long-term residents for a definition of the model farm.

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Social Science History , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , Spring 1997 , pp. 85 - 110
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1997 

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