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
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