Worlds Apart Why Poverty Persists in Rural America

Name: Worlds Apart Why Poverty Persists in Rural America
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ISBN: 9780300084566

ISBN-10: 0300084560

ISBN-13: 9780300084566

Edition: 2000

Authors: Cynthia M. Duncan, Robert Coles

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This takes the reader to three remote rural areas in the United States to hear the stories of their residents, the poor and struggling, the rich and powerful, and those in between, as they talk about their families and work and their hopes and dreams.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Robert Coles is a professor of psychiatry & medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School, a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services, & the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard College. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Children of Crisis" series as well as the best-selling "The Spiritual Life of Children" & "The Moral Intelligence of Children". Dr. Coles is a founding editor of the award-winning magazine "DoubleTake".



Map of Northern New England, Central Appalachia, and the Mississippi Delta


Foreword



Preface


List of People Profiled



Blackwell: Rigid Classes and Corrupt Politics in Appalachia's Coal Fields


"Good Rich People" and "Bad Poor People"


Blackwell Yesterday: Developing Appalachia's Coal Fields


The Families That Run Things


The Politics of Work in the Mountains


Blackwell's Have-Nots: Scratching a Living Up the Hollows


Blackwell's Haves: The Good Life on Redbud Hill


Bringing Change to Blackwell



Dahlia: Racial Segregation and Planter Control in the Mississippi Delta


Dahlia's Two Social Worlds


Work in Dahlia: Creating and Maintaining the Plantation World


Class and Caste in the Delta


White Planters, Politicians, and Shopkeepers


Leadership in the Black Community: The Old and the New "Toms"


Dahlia's Emerging Middle Class



Gray Mountain: Equality and Civic Involvement in Northern New England


A Blue-Collar Middle-Class Mill Town


Participation and Investment in the 1990s


The Big Middle "Continuum"


Difficult Times Ahead: Putting Civic Culture to the Test



Social Change and Social Policy


Cultural and Structural Causes of Persistent Poverty


Class and Politics in Rural Communities


Equality, Democracy, and Social Change


Policies to Encourage Mobility and Build Civic Culture


Appendix


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index