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Identifies reasons behind Owsley County's ongoing struggle with poverty, including the county's lack of natural resources, and a centralized socio-political power structure controlled by the elite. This study asserts that Owsley County's economic hardships are representative of a number of similarly-stricken Appalachian counties and towns.

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    Publisher: McFarland & Company
    Publication Date: 10/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780786432646, 978-0786432646
    ISBN10: 0786432640
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    Economics Poverty and precarity

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    Book Synopsis
    Identifies reasons behind Owsley County's ongoing struggle with poverty, including the county's lack of natural resources, and a centralized socio-political power structure controlled by the elite. This study asserts that Owsley County's economic hardships are representative of a number of similarly-stricken Appalachian counties and towns.

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