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Peer reviewedWhite, Stephen E. – Rural Sociology, 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.…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Colonialism, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns
