Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural AmericaThis book takes us to three remote rural areas in the United States to hear the colorful stories of their residents - the poor and struggling, the rich and powerful, and those in between - as they talk about their families and work, the hard times they’ve known, and their hopes and dreams. Cynthia M. Duncan examines the nature of poverty in Blackwell in Appalachia and in the Mississippi Delta town of Dahlia. |
Contents
Blackwell Rigid Classes and Corrupt Politics in Appalachias Coal Fields | 1 |
Good Rich People and Bad Poor People | 3 |
Developing Appalachias Coal Fields | 11 |
The Families That Run Things | 17 |
The Politics of Work in the Mountains | 30 |
Scratching a Living Up the Hollows | 39 |
The Good Life on Redbud Hill | 53 |
Bringing Change to Blackwell | 59 |
Gray Mountain Equality and Civic Involvement in Northern New England | 152 |
A BlueCollar MiddleClass Mill Town | 154 |
Participation and Investment in the 1990s | 164 |
The Big Middle Continuum | 177 |
Putting Civic Culture to the Test | 184 |
Social Change and Social Policy | 187 |
Class and Politics in Rural Communities | 191 |
Equality Democracy and Social Change | 198 |
Dahlia Racial Segregation and Planter Control in the Mississippi Delta | 73 |
Dahlias Two Social Worlds | 74 |
Creating and Maintaining the Plantation World | 90 |
Class and Caste in the Delta | 96 |
White Planters Politician and Shopkeepers | 111 |
The Old and the New Toms | 123 |
Dahlias Emerging Middle Class | 140 |
Other editions - View all
Worlds Apart: Poverty and Politics in Rural America, Second Edition Cynthia M. Duncan Limited preview - 2015 |
Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America Cynthia M. Duncan,Robert Coles No preview available - 1999 |
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