Owsley County, Kentucky, and the Perpetuation of Poverty

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Owsley County, Kentucky, and the Perpetuation of Poverty is written by John R. Burch, Jr. and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476606943 (ISBN 10) and 9781476606941 (ISBN 13).

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.