Worlds apart
Subtitle: poverty and politics in rural America
By: Cynthia M. Duncan
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300196597
Subjects: Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Interviews; General; Rural poor; Poverty; Social conditions; Rural conditions
Description: First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examines poverty through the stories of real people in rural New England, Appalachia, and the Mississippi Delta. In this new edition, Duncan returns to her original research, interviewing some of the same people as well as new key informants. The work provides powerful new insights into the dynamics of poverty, politics, and community change.--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Blackwell : rigid classes and corrupt politics in Appalachia's coal fields; title: Dahlia : racial segregation and planter control in the Mississippi delta; title: Gray Mountain : equality and civic involvement in northern New England; title: Social change and social policy.