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Author

Salamon, Sonya, author.

Title Singlewide : chasing the American dream in a rural trailer park / Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish.

Publication Info.

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : galvanized ghettoes -- The mobile home industrial complex -- Making ends meet, family finances -- The Illinois park : closer to the middle class -- The North Carolina parks : near ties that bind of kin and church -- The New Mexico parks : a dream rooted in place -- Youth and trailer park life -- Reforming the mobile home industrial complex -- Conclusion : family dreams and trailer park realities.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Mobile home living -- United States.
	Mobile home parks -- United States.
	Rural poor -- Housing -- United States.
	Housing, Rural -- United States.
	United States -- Rural conditions.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	MacTavish, Katherine, 1963- author.
Other Form:	Print version: Salamon, Sonya. Singlewide : chasing the American dream in a rural trailer park. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501713217 (DLC) 2017007546
ISBN	9781501713217 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9781501713224 (pbk : alk. paper)
	9781501709685 (electronic bk.)