The Livelihood of Kin: Making Ends Meet the Kentucky WayRural 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, showing