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Change in Rural Appalachia : Implications for Action Programs /

Nine scholars consider the impact of social and economic change on rural Appalachia. As the tangle of problems, strains, and tensions is explored, the focus of this volume remains steadily upon immediate and long­term effects on the individual.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Photiadis, John D., Schwarzweller, Harry K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Dedicated to the Field Workers in Programs of Change
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part 1. The Individual, Appalachia, and the Larger Society
  • 1. Rural Southern Appalachia and Mass Society
  • 2. Population and Migration Changes in Appalachia
  • 3. Social Change and the Individual in Rural Appalachia
  • 4. The Southern Appalachian Folk Subculture as a Tension- Reducing Way of Life
  • Part 2. Changing Social Institutions in Appalachia
  • 5. The Appalachian Family
  • 6. Churches of the Stationary Poor in Southern Appalachia
  • 7. The Economy and Attitudes toward Government in Appalachia
  • 8. Education as a Cultural Bridge between Appalachian Kentucky and the Great Society
  • 9. Social Change and Power Structure: An Appalachian Case
  • Part 3. Action Programs in a Context of Change
  • 10. Critical Examination of Change Programs in the Light of a System in Equilibrium
  • 11. Programs of Directed Change in an Era of Social Reorganization. The Case of Extension
  • 12. Educational Reform in Appalachia: Problems of Relevance, Strategy and Priority
  • 13. Individual Adaptation to a Changing Society: The Role of Retraining and Related Action Programs
  • 14. Some Observations on Planning Effective Programs of Directed Change in Rural Appalachia
  • Part 4. Toward the Future
  • 15. New Aims for Programs of Directed Change: The Case of Cooperative Extension in an Appalachian State
  • Appendix. Sources of Data for Appendix Tables