Dr. Richard E. Lonsdale

Professor Emertus, Department of Anthropology and Geography

Office: 905 Oldfather Hall
Phone: 402.472.3573
Fax: 402.472.9642

Education

A.B. 1949, UCLA
M.A. 1952, UCLA
Ph.D. 1960, Syracuse University

Background Information

Joined the staff of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1971 after teaching at SUNY-Binghamton from 1960-62 and the University of North Carolina from 1962-1971.

Research interests

Special problems of marginal or lagging regions and rural or non-metro industrialization

Active participant in annual meetings of the I.G.U. Commission on the Dynamics of Marginal Regions.

Recent Publications

Lonsdale, Richard E., and J. Clark Archer, 1999, "Demographic Factors in Characterizing and Delimiting Marginal Lands", in Marginality in Space: Past, Present and Future, H. Jussila, R. Majoral, and C. Mutambirwa (eds.), Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 129-143.

Lonsdale, Richard E., and J. Clark Archer, 1998, "Emptying Areas of the United States", Journal of Geography, Vol. 97 #3, pp. 108-122.

Lonsdale, Richard E., 1998, "A Century of Shifting Perceptions and Development Issues of Marginality", in Perceptions of Marginality, H. Jussila, W. Leimgruber, and R. Majoral (eds.), Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 35-43.

Lonsdale, Richard E. and J. Clark Archer, 1997, "Geographical Aspects of U.S. Farmland Values and Changes During the 1978-1992 Period", Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 13, #4, pp. 399-413.

Lonsdale, Richard E., 1996, "Some Questionable Economic Development Strategies Practiced at the Community Level", in Development Issues in Marginal Regions, E. Furlani (ed.), Mendoza, Argentina: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, pp. 269-282.