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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Duncan, Cynthia M.
Other Authors: Coles, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index.
ISBN:058535572X
9780585355726
9780300147827
0300147821
9780300076288
0300076282

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