Worlds Apart Poverty and Politics in Rural America

Name: Worlds Apart Poverty and Politics in Rural America
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ISBN: 9780300196597

ISBN-10: 0300196598

ISBN-13: 9780300196597

Edition: 2nd 2014

Authors: Cynthia M. Duncan, Angela Blackwell

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First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examined the nature of poverty through the stories of real people in three remote rural areas of the United States: 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 some new key informants. Duncan provides powerful new insights into the dynamics of poverty, politics, and community change. "Duncan, through in-depth investigation and interviews, concludes that only a strong civic culture, a sense among citizens of community and the need to serve that community, can truly address poverty. . . . Moving and troubling. Duncan has created a…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 1/13/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.93" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English