Those who work, those who don't : poverty, morality, and family in rural America /

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"When the rural poor prioritize issues such as the right to bear arms, and disapprove of welfare despite their economic concerns, they are often dismissed as uneducated and backward by academics and political analysts. In Those Who Work, Those Who Don't, Jennifer Sherman offers a sympathet...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sherman, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Rural poor > United States.
Poverty > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Pauvres en milieu rural > États-Unis.
Pauvreté > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Poverty > Moral and ethical aspects.
Rural conditions.
Rural poor.
United States > Rural conditions.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : poverty, morality, and family in rural America
  • The place I found : an introduction to Golden Valley
  • Workers and welfare : poverty, coping strategies, and substance abuse
  • Family life : tradition and safety
  • Remaking masculinity : losing male breadwinners
  • Conclusion : understanding poverty in rural America.

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