| Description |
xxvii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index. |
| Contents |
Poverty in rural America / Cynthia M. Duncan and Stephen Sweet -- Overview of the rural poor in the 1980s / Kenneth L. Deavers and Robert A. Hoppe -- The growing problem of low earnings in rural areas / Lucy Gorham -- The working poor in rural labor markets : the example of the southeastern United States / Ann R. Tickamyer -- Long-term poverty in rural areas / Terry K. Adams and Greg J. Duncan -- Race, gender, and poverty in the rural South : African American single mothers / Bonnie Thornton Dill and Bruce B. Williams -- Persistent poverty in Appalachia : scarce work and rigid stratification / Cynthia M. Duncan -- Migrant farm workers / Doris P. Slesinger and Max J. Pfeffer -- American Indians and economic poverty / C. Matthew Snipp and Gene F. Summers -- Rural poverty in the Northeast : the case of upstate New York / Janet M. Fitchen -- The new poor in midwestern farming communities / Cornelia Butler Flora --Modernization and the rural poor : some lessons from history / Alice O'Connor -- Empowerment and rural poverty / Steve Suitts -- Policies to alleviate rural poverty / Robert Greenstein and Isaac Shapiro. |
| Subject |
Rural poor
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Economic assistance, Domestic
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| Added Author |
Duncan, Cynthia M.
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| ISBN |
0865690138 (hard : alk. paper) |
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0865690146 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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