Rural poverty : marginalisation and exclusion in Britain and the United States / / Paul Milbourne.

• Superior document: Routledge studies in human geography ; 7
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Milbourne, Paul, 1966-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge studies in human geography ; 7.
• Physical Description: xi, 202 p. :; maps.
• Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Table of Contents

Preface: an introduction to rural poverty -- The definitional complexities of poverty in Britain and the United States -- Rural poverty in Britain: from agricultural poverty to rural deprivation -- The broader contexts of rural poverty: disadvantage and social exclusion in the British countryside -- Rural poverty in the United States: statistical visibilities and persistent forms of poverty -- Housing poverty and homelessness in rural Britain and the United States -- The local contexts of rural poverty in Britain and the United States -- Shifting states of rural welfare in Britain and the United States -- Conclusion: towards new research agendas for rural poverty.