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Pudup, Mary Beth – 1989
Current interpretations of central Appalachia's chronic poverty focus on the region's economic dependence on the bituminous coal industry, controlled by absentee investors and serving an external market. Such theories overlook the ways in which the agricultural sector shaped subsequent industrial development. By analyzing the farm economy of 16…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Appalachian Studies, Economic Development, Economic Research
