The Mountain States of America People, politics, and power in the eight Rocky Mountain States
by Neal R. Peirce
- New York W.W. Norton & Company 1972
- 317 p.
Includes index
The Great Plains States: a regional view -- Missouri: microcosm U.S.A. -- Iowa: agristate extraordinary -- Minnesota: the successful society -- North Dakota: still the lone prairie -- South Dakota: state of reluctant change -- Nebraska: "a place to come from or a place to die"? -- Kansas: the eclipsed state -- Oklahoma! -- Texas: land of the monied establishment.
Outlines the characteristics, problems, and progress of the nine Great Plains states and describes the region's geographical features.