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Two Sides to the Sunbelt: The Growing Divergence Between the Rural and Urban South
Two Sides to the Sunbelt The Growing Divergence Between the Rural and Urban South Author:Thomas A. Lyson In today's south, urban centers are prospering while many rural communities and areas with high proportions of black residents have fallen behind. This comprehensive volume takes a hard look at the problem. The author examines the patterns of prosperity and poverty in the South from the 1950s to the present, focusing mainly on the period after 1... more »970. The rural populations have an abundance of people with few skills, little education, and little hope of entering the economic mainstream of American society. They are not in line for the promise of the urban "new South" which has been enveloped in an industrial renaissance.« less