THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION

By Thomas R Ford

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813155800
• ISBN13: 9780813155807
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher