Abstract
While certainly history never repeats itself, numerous historical problems associated with creating a civil society do. The history of Kansas seems to highlight this assumption quite well, and within the last 110 years, two popular writers have asked the same question: “What‟s the Matter with Kansas?” William Allen White had a clear answer to this in 1896, but as is often the case with people, as he aged, matured, experienced life, he came to a different set of conclusions decades later. The ripening of his thinking, especially that pertaining to those traits defining a viable human community, has much to recommend present-day Kansans as we struggle to shape our modern lives.
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Sherow, James E.
(2006)
"William Allen White and "What's the Matter with Kansas?" Once More,"
Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy:
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https://doi.org/10.4148/ojrrp.v1i2.30
