Appalachia's Path to Dependency

In Appalachia's Path to Dependency, Paul Salstrom examines the evolution of economic life over time in southern Appalachia. Moving away from the colonial model to an analysis based on dependency, he exposes the complex web of factorsregulation of credit, industrialization, population growth, cultural values, federal interventionthat has worked against the region.Salstrom argues that economic adver...