The Livelihood of Kin: Making Ends Meet the Kentucky Way

by Rhoda H. Halperin

Book Overview

Rural Appalachians in Kentucky call it "The Kentucky Way"--making a living by doing many kinds of paid and unpaid work and sharing their resources within extended family networks. In fact, these strategies are practiced by rural people in many parts of the world, but they have not been studied extensively in the United States. In The Livelihood of Kin, Rhoda Halperin undertakes a detailed exploration of this complex, family-oriented economy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292746709
• ISBN13: 9780292746701
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good anthropology

I read this wonderful book in my cultural anthropology course, and I found it informative and a pleasure to read. I found the material to be enlightening; increasing my knowledge of the region, its people, and their ways.