Worlds apart : why poverty persists in rural America /

The author "examines the nature of poverty in Blackwell in Appalachia and in the Mississippi Delta town of Dahlia" and contrasts them to New England's Gray Mountain's "rich civic culture that enables the poor to escape poverty."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duncan, Cynthia M.
Otros Autores: Coles, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Temas:
1980-2020
Poverty > United States.
Rural poor > United States > Interviews.
Pauvreté > États-Unis.
Pauvres en milieu rural > États-Unis > Entretiens.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Poverty
Rural conditions
Rural poor
Social conditions
Armoede.
Platteland.
Gemeenschap (sociologie)
United States > Rural conditions.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
United States
Interviews
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Blackwell: rigid classes and corrupt politics in Appalachia's coal fields
  • Dahlia: racial segregation and the planter control in the Mississippi Delta
  • Gray Mountain: equality and civic involvement in northern New England
  • Social change and social policy.

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