Steven Conn is the W. E. Smith Professor of History at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is the author of “Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the 20th Century.”
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Rural America
Earth to Trump & Co.: Two Basic Reasons Why Coal Isn’t Making a Comeback
Steven Conn
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Rural America
When it Comes to High-Speed Broadband Infrastructure, Rural America Could Really Use an FDR
Steven Conn
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Rural America
In the Fine Print: What Insurance Companies Know About Fracking and Climate Change
Steven Conn
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Rural America
Peas in a Pod: The “Inner City” and 21st Century Rural America
Steven Conn