The Livelihood of Kin : Making Ends Meet "The Kentucky Way" /

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Rural Appalachians in Kentucky call it "The Kentucky Way"-making a living by doing many kinds of paid and unpaid work and sharing their resources within extended family networks. In fact, these strategies are practiced by rural people in many parts of the world, but they have not been stud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halperin, Rhoda H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
Biculturalism - Kentucky.
Biculturalism > Kentucky.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An Overview
  • 3. Fieldwork
  • 4. Historical and Anthropological Overview
  • 5. Deep Rural Economy: Multiple Livelihood Strategies in "The Country"
  • 6. Multiple Livelihood Strategies in the Shallow Rural Area
  • 7. The Structure of a Regional Marketplace System
  • 8. Using the Periodic Marketplace System
  • 9. Generating Cash: Families, Factories, and Multiple Livelihood Strategies
  • 10. The Breakdown of Multiple Livelihood Strategies
  • 11. Conclusion: Livelihood Processes That Cross Boundaries
  • Appendix. The Vendor Population at the Redside Market: A Sample
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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