Uneven Ground Appalachia Since 1945

Name: Uneven Ground Appalachia Since 1945
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ISBN: 9780813142463

ISBN-10: 0813142466

ISBN-13: 9780813142463

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ronald D. Eller

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Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life, a reflection of simpler times that should be preserved and protected. However, supporters of development and of the growth of material production, consumption, and technology decried what they perceived as the isolation and backwardness of the place and sought to "uplift" the mountain people through education and industrialization. Ronald D Eller has…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 7/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232



Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


"How America Came to the Mountains



Introduction



Rich Land-Poor People



The Politics of Poverty



Developing the Poor



Confronting Development



Growth and Development



The New Appalachia


Afterword to the Paperback Edition


Notes


Bibliography


Index