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Agricultural Dependence and Changing Population in the Great Plains

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Johnson, K.M., Rathge, R.W. (2006). Agricultural Dependence and Changing Population in the Great Plains. In: Kandel, W.A., Brown, D.L. (eds) Population Change and Rural Society. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3902-6_9

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