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Hard living in America's heartland rural poverty in the 21st century Midwest /
Despite living hard, endlessly challenging lives, the rural poor remain tirelessly optimistic, believing things will get better next year. As one struggling farmer explained, "Sometimes I feel like a jackass in a hailstorm--I just have to stand here and take it ... but what the hell--it'll...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- We ain't got much, but we do got plenty : understanding rural poverty when the usual criteria don't apply
- Living off the land : a brief history of rural Midwestern America
- America's heartland : life in the Midwestern farm states
- Feeding candy to the cows : the rural midwestern farm economy
- Get big or get out : rural America moves into the 21st century
- Throwing cow chips for entertainment : the pluses and minuses of rural community life
- Poverty makes you sick : the rural health care problem
- One-cop towns : rural crime and punishment
- Go to school or go to work? is formal education the answer?
- Conclusion : the invisible poor.