Author:
Dáil, Paula vW.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Descriptionix, 266 pages ; 26 cm
Note:We ain't got much, but we do got plenty : understanding rural poverty when the usual criteria don't apply -- Living off the land : a brief history of rural Midwestern America -- America's heartland : life in the Midwestern farm states -- Feeding candy to the cows : the rural midwestern farm economy -- Get big or get out : rural America moves into the 21st century -- Throwing cow chips for entertainment : the pluses and minuses of rural community life -- Poverty makes you sick : the rural health care problem -- One-cop towns : rural crime and punishment -- Go to school or go to work? is formal education the answer? -- Conclusion : the invisible poor.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261 -262) and index.
