Sending or receiving stations? The dual influence of railroads in early 20th-century great plains settlement

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-115

  Curtis White, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Great plains; Population change; Railroad; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial data analysis; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; TRANSPORTATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049032466     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-007-9056-3     Document Type: Article

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