Reformers to radicals : the Appalachian Volunteers and the war on poverty /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kiffmeyer, Thomas, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2008]
Temas:
Social reformers > Appalachian Region.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Economic history
Social conditions
Social reformers
Appalachian Region > Social conditions.
Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
Appalachian Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a time for change
  • On the brink of war : the Council of the Southern Mountains and the origins of the war on poverty in Appalachia
  • The shot heard round the world : the battle for Mill Creek, Kentucky, and the culture of poverty
  • A splendid little war : helping people help themselves, 1964
  • The war to end all wars : a national quest to end Appalachian poverty, 1965-1966
  • The new model army : the Appalachian Volunteers splits from the Council of the Southern Mountains
  • Operation Rolling Thunder : the political education of mountaineers and Appalachian Volunteers
  • Peace without victory : three strikes and a red scare in the mountains
  • Conclusion : live to fight another day.

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