Rural poverty in America / edited by Cynthia M. Duncan ; foreword by Susan E. Sechler.

Other author Duncan, Cynthia M.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Auburn House, 1992.
Descriptionxxvii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Rural poor--United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.
Poverty--United States.
Rural population--United States.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-284) and index.
LCCN 91018655
ISBN0865690146 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0865690138 (hard : alk. paper) :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HC110.P6 R89 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold