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What Do Toilets Have To Do With It? Health, The Environment, And The Working Poor In Rural South Texas Colonias, Jo Rios, Pamela Meyer
What Do Toilets Have To Do With It? Health, The Environment, And The Working Poor In Rural South Texas Colonias, Jo Rios, Pamela Meyer
Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy
This paper develops and tests an environmental health ecological framework between the quality of infrastructure, utilities and resident’s practices to health problems reported in three Nueces County, Texas colonias. Populated by predominantly low-income, minority families, these peri-urban settlements are characterized by substandard housing, lacking traditional sewage systems, potable drinking water and pluvial drainage. It was hypothesized that those without indoor toilets, pluvial drainage and regular garbage collection would be more likely to report health problems. The study found that keeping trash for over a week was statistically related to gastrointestinal illness and eye infections. Having indoor toilets in conjunction with …
Feed Sack Fashion In Rural America: A Reflection Of Culture, Kendra Brandes
Feed Sack Fashion In Rural America: A Reflection Of Culture, Kendra Brandes
Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy
The recycling of cotton feed sacks into apparel and household items was a common practice across rural America during the first half of the twentieth century. This creative recycling of a utilitarian fabric has, until recently, been omitted from histories of American fashion because the practice centered on fabric use rather than new garment styles, and because the farm wife of rural America was not considered to be a source of fashion inspiration. As an element of material culture, the clothing and clothing practices of rural populations reflect the life and times of the era to the same extent as …
Transition And Resilience In The Kansas Flint Hills, Gerad Middendorf, Terrie A. Becerra, Derrick Cline
Transition And Resilience In The Kansas Flint Hills, Gerad Middendorf, Terrie A. Becerra, Derrick Cline
Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy
The tallgrass prairie has persisted in the Flint Hills of east-central Kansas for both biophysical and socioeconomic reasons, and has been one of the key elements in the development of the region. A population boom in the latter part of the 19th century and the subsequent increase in cattle in the 1860s-1870s were key factors in the transition of this landscape into a major cattle grazing region by the turn of the 20th century. At various points in the past 150 years, this social ecosystem has exhibited remarkable resilience in episodes of both drought and over-grazing. The resilience of the …