Uneven Ground : Appalachia since 1945
ISBN: 9780813125237 | 0813125235
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
Pub. Date: 10/24/2008
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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... MORE
| Abbreviations | p. x |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| "How America Came to the Mountains," by Jim Wayne Miller | p. xiv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Rich Land-Poor People | p. 9 |
| The Politics of Poverty | p. 53 |
| Developing the Poor | p. 90 |
| Confronting Development | p. 129 |
| Growth and Development | p. 177 |
| The New Appalachia | p. 221 |
Ronald D Eller is former director of the Appalachian Center and professor of history at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of Miners, Millhands, and Mountaineers: Industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880–1930.
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