The Road to Poverty
The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia
Paperback
Lieferzeit: Print on Demand - Lieferbar innerhalb von 3-5 Werktagen I
ISBN-13:
9780521655460
Veröffentl:
2004
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.05.2004
Seiten:
452
Autor:
Kathleen M. Blee
Gewicht:
729 g
Format:
229x152x26 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Kathleen Blee and Dwight Billings examine the social dynamics of persistently poor rural communities.
Kathleen Blee and Dwight Billings examine the social dynamics of persistently poor rural communities.
List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Public Policy and Historical Sociology: 1. Introduction; Part II. Antebellum Capitalist Markets: 2. Fronier Kentucky in the capitalist world system; 3. Industry, commerce, and slaveholding; Part III. Antebellum State Coercion: 4. State making and the origins of elite conflict; Part IV. Cultural Strategies: 5. The patriarchal moral economy of agriculture; 6. Racial dynamics and the creation of poverty; Part V. Postbellum Capitalist Markets and the Local State: 7. From marginality to integration; 8. Feud violence; 9. Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Index.