Night Comes to the Cumberlands

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]

First cover (publ. Little, Brown)

References

Fowler, Glenn (December 1, 1990). "Harry M. Caudill, 68, Who Told of Appalachian Poverty". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
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

Fifty Years of Night, a follow-up investigation by the Lexington Herald-Leader in 2012–2013

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[Harry_M._Caudill,_68,_Who_Told_of_Appalachian_Poverty-1] Fowler, Glenn (December 1, 1990). "Harry M. Caudill, 68, Who Told of Appalachian Poverty". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2010.

[Poverty_in_the_United_States:_an_encyclopedia_of_history,_politics,_and_policy,_Volume_1-2] 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.