Appalachia's Path to Dependency [electronic resource] : Rethinking a Region's Economic History, 1730-1940 / Paul Salstrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salstrom, Paul, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Appalachian Region, Southern--History.

Poor.

Appalachian Region, Southern--Social conditions.

Appalachian Region, Southern.

Appalachian Region, Southern--Economic conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The debate over the source of Appalachia's economic problems has been going strong since Harry Caudill's Night Comes to the Cumberlands appeared in 1963. Now a new study illuminates the region's plight, making a vital contribution to the understanding of this area's critical economic dilemma.In Appalachia's Path to Dependency, Paul Salstrom examines the evolution of economic life over time in southern Appalachia. Moving away from the colonial model to an analysis based on dependency, he exposes the complex web of factors -- regulation of credit, industrialization, population growth, cultural

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figure; Preface; Introduction: The Issue; 1. Early Settlement and Self-Sufficiency, 1730-1860; 2. Accelerated Agricultural Decline and Adverse Federal Policy, 1860-1880; 3. Rural Appalachia's Subsistence-Barter-and-Borrow Systems; 4. Labor-intensive Mining and the Subsistence Reproduction of Labor Power, 1880-1930; 5. The New Deal and Appalachia's Industry; 6. The New Deal and Appalachia's Agriculture; 7. The Welfare of Rural Appalachia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-190) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-4806-5

OCLC:

47011065