The Southern Appalachian Region: A Survey

The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American ""problem area""-an area whose participation in the economic growth of the nation has not been sufficient to relieve the chronic poverty of its people. The existence of the problem was recognized a generation ago, but in the past decade the resistance of such areas to economic advance has acquired a more urgent significance in American thought. In 1958, a group of scholars undertook to make a new survey of the Southern Appalachian Region. Ai

Author: Thomas R. Ford
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780813155807

About the Author

Thomas R. Ford was professor of sociology and behavioral science at the University of Kentucky.

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