Using data from the 2000 Census, this collection examines the major demographic and employment trends in the rural Midwestern states with special attention to the issues that state and local policy makers must address in the near future.

John Walsh, Garth L. Mangum

I: The Strike That Shook the Nation; 1: Thunder before the Storm; 2: The Storm; 3: The Aftermath; II: The Long, Hard Haul; 4: The Struggle; 5: From Repression to Cooperation; III: The Era of Collective Bargaining; 6: The First Decade; 7: Enter Moe Biller; 8: The Regime Settles in; 9: The Future