The Southern Appalachian Region : A Survey /

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The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American ""problem area""--An area whose participation in the economic growth of the nation has not been sufficient to relieve the chronic poverty of its people. The existence of the problem was recognized a generation ago, but in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ford, Thomas R.
Otros Autores: Vance, Rupert B., 1899-1975 (Contribuidor), Ford, Thomas R., 1923- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1962.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social history.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions economiques.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Social conditions.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American ""problem area""--An area whose participation in the economic growth of the nation has not been sufficient to relieve the chronic poverty of its people. The existence of the problem was recognized a generation ago, but in the past decade the resistance of such areas to economic advance has acquired a more urgent significance in American thought. In 1958, a group of scholars undertook to make a new survey of the Southern Appalachian Region. Aided by grants from the Ford Foundation ultimately amounting to 250,000, they set out to analyze t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages): illustrations, maps, tables
ISBN:9780813165172

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