Bibliograph

Uneven ground, Appalachia since 1945, Ronald D. Eller

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Label

Uneven ground, Appalachia since 1945, Ronald D. Eller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-297) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Uneven ground

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

302054290

Responsibility statement

Ronald D. Eller

Sub title

Appalachia since 1945

Summary

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 sough

Table Of Contents

"How America came to the mountains" / Jim Wayne Miller -- Introduction -- Rich land, poor people -- The politics of poverty -- Developing the poor -- Confronting development -- Growth and development -- The new Appalachia

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