Appalachia in the Sixties : Decade of Reawakening.

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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 Appa...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Walls, David S., Stephenson, John B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1972.
Temas:
Economic assistance, Domestic > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Aide au développement économique régional > Appalaches (Sud)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economic history
Social conditions
Appalachian Region, Southern > Social conditions.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Economic conditions.
Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions économiques.
Southern Appalachian Region
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  • 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 PillageThe 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 & YouthThe 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.

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