Toward One Oregon: Rural-Urban Interdependence and the Evolution of a State

by Beth Emshoff, Bruce Weber, Ethan Seltzer, et al.

Book Overview

Every state in the nation has geographic divisions--upstate/downstate, urban/rural, major city/rest of the state--that loom large as barriers to common cause, despite the reality that shared statehood is here to stay. Toward One Oregon examines the prospects for uniting our geographically diverse state in the years ahead. When Oregon became a state in 1859, its role in the nation and the global economy was quite different than it is today. Boundaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870715968
• ISBN13: 9780870715969
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"