Table of Contents

Preface Economic Development, De Facto Industrial Policies, and the People and Places Left Behind Economic Stagnation in the Rural South: Old Times There Are Not Forgotten Health, Education, and Welfare: Creating and Sustaining Human Capital in the South Industrial Development and Occupational Change: Creating Job Opportunities for Southern Workers Wedding Economic Development to Social Justice Bibliography Index

About the Author

THOMAS A. LYSON holds a teaching and research position in the Department of Rural Sociology at Cornell University.