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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE AND PLACES: ENDING THE LEGACY OF POVERTY IN THE RURAL SOUTH
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| Autores: |
Allen-Smith, Joyce E.
Wimberley, Ronald C.
Morris, Libby V.
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| Data: |
2003-06-09
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| Ano: |
2000
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| Palavras-chave: |
Appalachia
Black Belt
Mississippi Delta
Policy
Poverty
Quality of life
Rural
South
Community/Rural/Urban Development
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| Resumo: |
This study focuses on the longstanding impoverishment of the rural South and three of its subregions-Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, and the Black Belt. The poor quality of life in rural Appalachia and along the Mississippi Delta has been publically acknowledged by programs and commissions for improving conditions. However, the more comprehensive Black Belt subregion that links parts of Southern Appalachia and the Southern Delta has not received such regional policy attention. While the South as a whole is more rural and impoverished than other U.S. regions, this is largely due to the poor conditions in the Black Belt. In addition to region and rurality, a third feature of the pattern is race. It is in the Black Belt that the South's poor socioeconomic conditions are most concentrated. Policy and program attention are needed for regional solutions that take rurality and race into account along with demographic and other subregional characteristics.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
9432
http://purl.umn.edu/15499
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 32, Number 02, August 2000
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| Formato: |
11
application/pdf
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