The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
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Three of the nation's top scholars-known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America-turn their attention from the country's poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America's most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to these places or to the people who make their lives there. This revelation set in motion a five-year journey across Appalachia, the Cotton and Tobacco Belts of the Deep South, and South Texas. Immersing themselves in these communities, pouring over centuries of local history, attending parades and festivals, the authors trace the legacies of the deepest poverty in America-including inequalities shaping people's health, livelihoods, and upward social mobility for families. Wrung dry by powerful forces and corrupt government officials, the "internal colonies" in these regions were exploited for their resources and then left to collapse. The unfolding revelation in The Injustice of Place is not about what sets these places apart, but about what they have in common-a history of raw, intensive resource extraction and human exploitation. This history and its reverberations demand a reckoning and a commitment to wage a new War on Poverty, with the unrelenting focus on our nation's places of deepest need.
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Shaefer, H. L. (2023). The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America. [United States], HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Shaefer, H. Luke. 2023. The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America. [United States], HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Shaefer, H. Luke, The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America. [United States], HarperCollins, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Shaefer, H. Luke. The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America. [United States], HarperCollins, 2023.
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