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Reformers to radicals : the Appalachian Volunteers and the war on poverty /
The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training, and to improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the southeastern United States. In this book, the author illustrates how the activists ultimately failed, ma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2008]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training, and to improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the southeastern United States. In this book, the author illustrates how the activists ultimately failed, mainly because they were indecisive about the fundamental nature of their mission. The AVs, many of them college students, were also distracted by causes not directly connected with the war on poverty, such as civil rights and opposition. Within two years of the group's formation, they faced nationwide accusations that they were "seditious" and "un-American." The author explains how these activists, who worked for a worthy cause, ignited a firestorm of public criticism that ultimately caused their mission to falter. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 284 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813173085 0813173086 9780813138954 0813138957 0813135176 9780813135175 1283233355 9781283233354 9786613233356 6613233358 |