Tobacco Town Futures: Global Encounters in Rural Kentucky
Kingsolver, Ann E.
ISBN 10: 1577667085 ISBN 13: 9781577667087
Published by Waveland Pr Inc, 2010
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Situated between the foothills of Appalachia to the east and bluegrass country to the west, Nicholas County has been home to small tobacco farms in rural Kentucky for the past 200 years. But now, in the midst of tremendous economic changes generated by the movement of both textiles jobs and tobacco production to other countries, residents of Nicholas County face an uncertain future.
Based on twenty-five years of research, Kingsolver's longitudinal ethnography of Nicholas County, her home community, synthesizes geographical, historical, economic, and political processes that have shaped life-ways and worldviews. She documents the perspectives of farmers, factory workers, politicians, those pursuing new niches in the labor market, and middle school students in search of "alternative futures." Countering stereotypes, Kingsolver emphasizes the skill and agency of rural residents and demonstrates how people in widely dispersed and seemingly isolated communities in the world are connected through capitalist logic and practice, thereby illuminating globalization's far-reaching effects.
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Title: Tobacco Town Futures: Global Encounters in ...
Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New