In a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, this book seeks to isolate the underlying causes of persistent rural poverty. It take a hard look at current and past programs to alleviate rural poverty and uses their failures to suggest alternatives that could improve the well-being of rural Americans.
Rural Poverty in the United StatesREADERSHIP: Professional & Vocational
ISBN-10: 0231172222
ISBN-13: 9780231172226
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: August 2017
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Dimensions: 160 x 235 x 34 mm
Weight: 810 g
Pages: 496 pages, 62 figures pages
Title: Rural Poverty in the United States