Cover title. "A selection of papers presented at a consultation sponsored by the Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming Advisory Committees to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights." Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction. Rocky Mountain Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, "Resource Development in the Intermountain West: Its Impact on Women and Minorities" -- The Boomtown: Problems and Possibilities. Donna C. Davidson, "An Overview of the Boomtown Phenomenon and Its Effect on Women and Minorities" -- Arthur L. Waidmann, "The Rock Springs Experience" -- Judith Davenport and Joseph Davenport, "The Wyoming Human Services Project" -- Alma E. Lantz and Robert L. McKeown, "Social/Psychological Problems of Women and Their Families Associated with Rapid Growth" -- William R. Freudenburg, "An Ounce of Prevention: Another Approach to Mitigating the Human Problems of Boomtowns" -- Women and Energy. Jane H. Lillydahl and Elizabeth W. Moen, "The Economic Position of Women and Their Employment Opportunities in Energy Boomtowns" -- Gail Martinez, "Women 'Working' for Energy" -- Gay Holliday, "Effects of Energy Development on Rural Women" -- Energy Development and the Disadvantaged. Ellis Cose, "Energy Development in the Rocky Mountain West: Its Effect on Women, Blacks, Hispanics, and the Disadvantaged" -- Clarke R. Watson, "Employment Opportunities in the Energy Field for Blacks in Federal Region VIII" -- Roger Kahn, "Energy Policies: Development in the Intermountain West and Its Impact on Women and Minorities" -- Hester McNulty, "Energy Development in Region VIII: Impact on Women and Minorities--Response to Ellis Cose and Clarke Watson" -- Omar Barbarossa, "The Chicano: America's Forgotten Resource" -- Lawrence H. Borom, "Operation Grubstake" -- Patricia Schroeder, "Energy Development in the Intermountain West: Its Impact on Women and Minorities" -- Reservation Resources and the Country's Need for Power. Steven H. Chestnut, "Coal Development on the Northern Cheynenne Reservation" -- James P. Boggs, "The Northern Cheyenne Coal Sales, 1966 to 1973" -- William H. Veeder, "Indian Water Rights and the Energy Crisis" -- Carole Anne Heart, "Energy Development and Conservation Policies Affecting Indian Reservations." -- Economic Opportunities. Dwayne D. Ostenson, "Impact of Energy Development on Minorities and Indian People" -- Richard Gonzalez, "The Minority Entrepreneur in Energy-Related Businesses" -- Theodore Reynolds Smith, "Council of Energy Resource Tribes and Resource Development in Tribal Lands."