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Duncan, Cynthia M. – 1999
This book examines the nature of persistent poverty in two impoverished towns in the coalfields of Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta and a contrasting social milieu in a prosperous but remote rural mill town in northern New England. Drawing on 350 in-depth interviews and census data, the book analyzes the dynamics of poverty, politics, and…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Community Study, Economically Disadvantaged, Interviews