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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789823803321

Autore

Mason Carol <1964->

Titolo

Reading Appalachia from left to right [[electronic resource] ] : conservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County textbook controversy / / Carol Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8014-5985-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

379.1/560975437

Soggetti

Textbooks - West Virginia - Kanawha County

Multicultural education - Curricula - West Virginia - Kanawha County

Language arts - Curricula - West Virginia - Kanawha County

Culture conflict - West Virginia - Kanawha County

Ethnic conflict - West Virginia - Kanawha County

Community and school - West Virginia - Kanawha County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue : reading Appalachia -- Introduction : soul on Appalachian ice -- A modern American conflict -- True sons of Appalachia -- Sweet Alice and secular humanism -- Reproducing the souls of white folk -- The right soul -- Epilogue : writing Appalachia.