LEADER 03834nam 2200637 450 001 9910787466803321 005 20230323203317.0 010 $a0-8131-6524-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334364 035 $a(EBL)1915564 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001432774 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11759447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432774 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11406560 035 $a(PQKB)11301114 035 $a(OCoLC)826438970 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44591 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915564 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11005470 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691291 035 $a(OCoLC)900344578 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915564 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334364 100 $a20150120h19731973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aElites & change in the Kentucky mountains /$fH. Dudley Plunkett, Mary Jean Bowman 210 1$aLexington :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1973. 210 4$dİ1973 215 $a1 online resource (217 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-322-60009-0 311 0 $a0-8131-5597-5 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Modernization: A Case Study; Concerning Modernization; The Kentucky Mountains; Theories of Communication in Modernization; 2 The Interstitial Persons; The Study Sample; Content of the Inquiry; Background Characteristics of the Elites; Summary; 3 The Social Mobilization of Mountain Elites; Social Exposure; The Elites & the Socialization of Youth; Political & Civic Participation; The Overall Participation Matrix; Summary; 4 Attitudes toward Tradition & Change; Mountain Culture & the Outsider; Prospects & Policies for Modernization 327 $a5 Mountain Elites: Resources for Modernization? The Components Analysis & Attitude Clusters; Attitude Patterns among Mountain Elites; Social Mobilization & Attitude Patterns; Profiles & Prospects; 6 The Market of Ideas; The Mountain Scene; Strategies for Change in the Mountains; 7 The Social Dynamics of Modernization: The Appalachian Kentucky Case; Appalachian Kentucky: The Problem of Modernization; The Schools & the Cultural-Bridge Function; Communication & Social Mobilization; Tables; Appendix A: The ESLS Questionnaire; Appendix B: The TC Questionnaire 327 $aAppendix C: Attitude Factor Scores & Their Correlates The Methodology; Regression Results & Their Interpretation: The Example of Factor 3; Analyses of Regressions for Other Factors; Summary Remarks; Glossary of Independent Variables Used in the Regressions; Index 330 $aMany Americans who trace their roots to communities similar to those of Appalachian Kentucky are becoming aware of the extent to which the problems of such communities represent the price paid for keeping alive traditions that are beginning to be missed in the wider society. Using fresh data and ingenious ways of letting local people speak for themselves, Mary Jean Bowman and H. Dudley Plunkett have thrown light on how isolated, small-town people respond to the encroachment of modern America, with its organized economy, mass communications media, reliance on more and more schooling, and persis 517 3 $aElites and change in the Kentucky mountains 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zKentucky 606 $aSocial change 607 $aKentucky$xSocial conditions 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aSocial change. 676 $a301.24/09769 700 $aPlunkett$b H. Dudley$01504885 702 $aBowman$b Mary Jean 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787466803321 996 $aElites & change in the Kentucky mountains$93734167 997 $aUNINA