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Photo of Kenneth M. SylvesterKenneth M. Sylvester

Assistant Research Scientist, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research;
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center

Brief Biography

Dr. Sylvester has interdisciplinary interests in environmental history, historical demography, agricultural land use, and rural social history. He serves as principal investigator of a four-year NICHD-funded study, Demography and Environment in Grassland Settlement, which examines the human signature of agricultural land use in 25 grassland settings across Kansas, 1860-1940.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Sylvester, K.M. and G.P. Cunfer, "An Unremembered Diversity: Mixed Husbandry and the American Grasslands," Journal of American History, submitted February 2007.

Sylvester, K.M., S.H. Leonard, M.P. Gutmann, and G. Cunfer, "Demography and environment in grassland settlement: Using linked longitudinal and cross-sectional data to explore household/agricultural systems," History and Computing, 14: 31-60, 2002 (publ. 2006).

Chapters

Sylvester, K.M., "Rural to urban migration: finding household complexity in a new world environment," in Peter Baskerville and Eric W. Sager. eds., Household Counts: Canadian Households and Families in 1901 (University of Toronto Press, 2006): 147-179.

Sylvester, K.M., and M.P. Gutmann, "Dustbowl Legacies: long term change and resilience in the shortgrass steppe," in Charles Redman and David Foster, eds., Agrarian Landscapes in Transition (Oxford University Press), forthcoming.

Sylvester, K.M., and M.P. Gutmann, "Changing Landscapes across America: A Comparative Perspective," in Charles Redman and David Fosters, eds. Agrarian Landscapes in Transition (Oxford University Press), forthcoming.

Sylvester, K.M., and C.L. Redman, "Integrating the Biophysical and Social Sciences," in Max Schnepf and Craig Cox, eds., Managing Agricultural Landscapes (Ames, Iowa: Soil and Water Conservation Society 2007), forthcoming.

Projects

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