Metropolitan Wichita: Past, Present, and Future

This volume presents a thorough, analytical examination of the city of Wichita. Eight contributors—specialists in political science, urban affairs, sociology, economics, and business—discuss the city’s development, current problems, and future potential. They dispel the nineteenth-century cattle town stereotype and reveal a vibrant, progressive city.

This informative study provides a wealth of material on Wichita’s history, population composition, educational opportunities, labor force, financial structure, industry, commerce, and politics. It will help residents of Wichita gain a deeper understanding of their city, and will give outsiders an in-depth look at Wichita as a place in which to live and work. In addition, as a study of one city’s evolution from cow town to regional center, it will be of interest to students of urban development across the nation.

Glenn W. Miller is professor of economics at Wichita State University.

Jimmy M. Skaggs is professor of American studies and economics, and chairperson of the American studies department at WSU.

Contributors: John J. Hartman, Wichita State University professor of sociology; Paul J. Magelli, dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts at WSU; Samuel C. Webb, WSU professor of economics; Lawrence E. McKibbin, dean of the college of Business Administration at the University of Oklahoma; Glenn W. Fisher, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at WSU; and Richard E. Zody, Chairperson of the Graduate Urban Affairs program at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.