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Title:

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

Publisher:

Auburn House,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

xxvii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rural poor--United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Other Authors:

Duncan, Cynthia M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index.

Contents:

Policies to alleviate rural poverty / Robert Greenstein, Isaac Shapiro. Growing problem of low earnings in rural areas / Lucy Gorham -- 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, Greg J. Duncan -- Race, gender, and poverty in the rural South : African American single mothers / Bonnie Thornton Dill, Bruce B. Williams -- Persistent poverty in Appalachia : scarce work and rigid stratification / Cynthia M. Duncan -- Migrant farm workers / Doris P. Slesinger, Max J. Pfeffer -- American Indians and economic poverty / C. Matthew Snipp, Gene F. Summers -- Rural poverty in the Northeast : the case of upstate New York / Janet M. Fitchen -- 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, Isaac Shapiro.

ISBN:

9780865690134 (hard : alk. paper)
0865690138 (hard : alk. paper)
9780865690141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0865690146 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

91018655

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)