num_pages: 256
description: This work takes us to three remote rural areas in the USA to hear the tales of the residents - the poor, the rich, and those in between - as they talk about their families, work, hard times, and their hopes. It provides an insight into the dynamics of poverty, politics and community change.
language: English
title: Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America
titlecomplete: Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America
genres: Sociology, Politics, American, Nonfiction, Government, Poverty
ratings_count: 170
publisher: Yale University Press