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1 online resource (x, 470 pages) : illustrations |
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West Virginia and Appalachia ; volume 12 |
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West Virginia and Appalachia ; 12.
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- West Virginia and Appalachia Series Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A New Machine Age in the Hills -- Appalachian Contradiction -- A Revolution in Coal -- The UMWA Embraces the Revolution -- The Fade of the Mountain Farm -- A General Economic Decline -- West Virginians and the Mass Culture of the Age -- The Great Migration: Leaving “Those Hills, the Place I Call Home� -- Conclusion -- American Paradox, Appalachian Stereotype -- The Alienation of the Land -- Horse-and-Buggy Vestiges |
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The Patteson EraMcCarthyism: The Second Red Scare -- “Like a Bolt of Lightning�: Marland�s Severance Tax Proposal -- Hard Times and the Search for Panaceas -- Marland: Flawed Champion of Change -- The Emergence of Cecil Underwood -- The Challenges of Education in the Age of Sputnik -- A Changing of the Guard -- A Deteriorating Economy and Agonizing Reappraisals -- “An American Paradox�: Imperfections in the Glare of National Attention -- Planning for Regional Action -- Affection in Adversity -- Conclusion -- Civil Rights in the New Machine Age |
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African Americans in West Virginia: Balancing Two Segregationist PartiesJim Crow and the Impact of the Revolution in Coal -- Desegregating the Schools: The Impact of Brown -- A Rehearsal for Desegregation -- Persistent Segregation -- Integrating Higher Education -- Integrating the Broader Society: A Grassroots Awakening -- Churches and Civil Rights -- Conclusion -- Good Intentions: The New Frontier and the War on Poverty -- Structural Unemployment, Automation, and the Culture of Poverty -- The View from Megalopolis -- A “Robber Barron� of the New Frontier |
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The Centennial: Accentuating the PositiveLBJ and the War on Poverty -- Hulett C. Smith�s Sin of Omission -- Challenges of “Creative Federalism� -- Disappointments of the Crash Program -- From Head Start to VISTA -- Charleston as Prototype: Community Action and “Maximum Feasible Participation� -- Hardy and McDowell: Appalachian Models for the War on Poverty -- Reaction in West Virginia -- Guns Over Butter: OEO in Retreat -- Reorganizing the State OEO -- “Rethinking OEO�s Approach�: Assessing McDowell and Kanawha -- The ARC: A Lost Opportunity? |
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ConclusionRaising Hell in the Hillsand Hollows: AVs, VISTAs, and Community Action -- Huey Perry and the Mingo Model for “Maximum Feasible Participation� -- The Rise of the Appalachian Volunteers -- AVs in West Virginia: “Outsiders and Trouble Makers� or “the Best Hope for Change�? -- Rising Militancy in Appalachia -- AVs Under Attack -- Governor Smith Closes Ranks with the Critics -- Assessing AVs and VISTAs -- West Virginia�s War on Poverty in Retrospect -- From the Silver Bridge to Farmington and Rumblings at the Grassroots |
| Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-442) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social change -- West Virginia -- History -- 20th century
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Social change.
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Social Change
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Economic history
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Politics and government
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Social change
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Social conditions
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West Virginia -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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West Virginia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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West Virginia -- History -- 20th century
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West Virginia |
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West Virginia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010015690 |
| ISBN |
9781933202983 |
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193320298X |
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