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Communities in Economic Crisis: Appalachia and the South (Labor and Social Change Series)
Communities in Economic Crisis Appalachia and the South - Labor and Social Change Series Author:John Gaventa, Barbara Ellen Smith Hard times are no stranger to the people of Appalachia and the South. Earlier books have documented the low wages of the textile industry, boom-and-bust cycles of coal mining, and debt peonage of Southern agriculture that have established a heritage of poverty that endures. This book is a unique collection of essays by people who are actively in... more »volved in the efforts to challenge economic injustice in these regions and to empower the residents to build democratic alternatives.« less