Appalachia in the sixties : decade of reawakening / / editors, David S. Walls, John B. Stephenson

• Autore: Walls David S.
• Pubblicazione: Lexington : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1972; ©1972
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.9/74/04
• Soggetto topico: Economic assistance, Domestic - Appalachian Region, Southern
• Soggetto geografico: Appalachian Region, Southern Social conditions; Appalachian Region, Southern Economic conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): WallsDavid S.; StephensonJohn B.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part One: The Early Sixties; Recognition Again; The Lost Appalachians; In Hazard; The Latest Rediscovery of Appalachia; Declarations of War & Forecasts of Victory; No More Pork Barrel: The Appalachia Approach; How Much Better Will the Better World Be?; Part Two: Between a Rock & a Hard Place; The Quality of Life: Hard Times in God's Country; Life in Appalachia--The Case of Hugh McCaslin; Kennedy Hears of Need; The Politics of Coal; East Kentucky Coal Makes Profits for Owners, Not Region; Conspiracy in Coal; The Scandal of Death & Injury in the Mines ; Environmental Pillage; The Logical Thing, Costwise; Hot Time Ahead; Strip Mining in East Kentucky; Migration: Take It or Leave It; A Look at the 1970 Census; The Uptown Story; The Family behind the Migrant; Part Three: Lessons in Fighting Poverty; Organizing at the Grassroots; A Rope to Jump, a Well to Dig; Fair Elections in West Virginia; On the Outside Lookin' In; Local Reactions: Outside Agitators, Subversives, & Other Helping Hands; Kentucky's Coal Beds of Sedition; A Stranger with a Camera; Catalyst of the Black Lung Movement; Romantic Appalachia; Part Four: Can We Get There from Here? ; Education & Youth; The School & Politics; The Crisis of Appalachian Youth; Into the 1970s; A Bold Idea for a New Appalachia; Nationalizing Our Resources; Jaded Old Land of Bright New Promise; Toward a People's ARC; Biographical Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Southern Appalachian Region: A Survey, published by the University Press of Kentucky in 1962, Rupert Vance suggested a decennial review of the region's progress. No systematic study comparable to that made at the beginning of the decade is available to answer the question of how far Appalachia has come since then, but David S. Walls and John B. Stephenson have assembled a broad range of firsthand reports which together convey the story of Appalachia in the sixties. These observations of journalists, field workers, local residents, and social scientists have been gathered from a variety
• Titolo autorizzato: Appalachia in the sixties
• ISBN: 0-8131-5041-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787223903321
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