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Elites and Change in the Kentucky Mountains /
Many Americans who trace their roots to communities similar to those of Appalachian Kentucky are becoming aware of the extent to which the problems of such communities represent the price paid for keeping alive traditions that are beginning to be missed in the wider society. Using fresh data and ing...
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[Lexington] :
University Press of Kentucky,
1973.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Modernization: A Case Study; Concerning Modernization; The Kentucky Mountains; Theories of Communication in Modernization; 2 The Interstitial Persons; The Study Sample; Content of the Inquiry; Background Characteristics of the Elites; Summary; 3 The Social Mobilization of Mountain Elites; Social Exposure; The Elites & the Socialization of Youth; Political & Civic Participation; The Overall Participation Matrix; Summary; 4 Attitudes toward Tradition & Change; Mountain Culture & the Outsider; Prospects & Policies for Modernization.
- 5 Mountain Elites: Resources for Modernization?The Components Analysis & Attitude Clusters; Attitude Patterns among Mountain Elites; Social Mobilization & Attitude Patterns; Profiles & Prospects; 6 The Market of Ideas; The Mountain Scene; Strategies for Change in the Mountains; 7 The Social Dynamics of Modernization: The Appalachian Kentucky Case; Appalachian Kentucky: The Problem of Modernization; The Schools & the Cultural-Bridge Function; Communication & Social Mobilization; Tables; Appendix A: The ESLS Questionnaire; Appendix B: The TC Questionnaire.
- Appendix C: Attitude Factor Scores & Their CorrelatesThe Methodology; Regression Results & Their Interpretation: The Example of Factor 3; Analyses of Regressions for Other Factors; Summary Remarks; Glossary of Independent Variables Used in the Regressions; Index; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.