Owsley County, Kentucky, and the Perpetuation of Poverty
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- ISBN 9780786432646
- Weight: 331g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Oct 2007
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Owsley County, Kentucky, is well known by journalists, academics, and local historians as a quintessential example of rural poverty in Appalachia. This study identifies several reasons behind Owsley County's ongoing struggle with poverty, including the county's lack of natural resources, a poor transportation system, and a centralized socio-political power structure controlled by the entrenched elite. The author asserts that Owsley County's economic hardships are far from unique, but rather are representative of a significant number of Appalachian counties and towns. Several tables and appendices provide useful demographic, legislative, and agricultural data.
The late John R. Burch, Jr., was the Library Director and a professor at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
