First cover (publ. Little, Brown)

Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area is a 1963 book by American historian Harry M. Caudill, which brought national attention to poverty in Appalachia and is credited with making the region a focus of the United States government's "war on poverty".[1] In Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy (2004), the book is described as a "definitive text on poverty in Appalachia among journalists, academics, and government bureaucrats concerned with economic inequality in America."[2]

References

  1. ^ Fowler, Glenn (December 1, 1990). "Harry M. Caudill, 68, Who Told of Appalachian Poverty". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  2. ^ Ronald D., Eller (2004). Gwendolyn Mink, Alice O'Connor (ed.). Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 507. ISBN 1-57607-597-4. Retrieved June 2, 2010.

External links


Categories