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Money in the Mountains : The Cultural Trauma of Appalachia - Rayelle Davis Pages:160 pages stylish tableThe United States is in a state of decline a reality decades in the making. At the thin end of the wedge sits Appalachia, one of the nation's most deprived regions, mythologized by outsiders and misunderstood the world over. Embedded as a therapist within this community, Rayelle Davis frames the addiction, suicide, and "diseases of despair" that plague the region as a consequence of cultural trauma, exploitation, and systemic neglect. Her work is a