Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945 - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813142463ISBN-10:813142466UPC:9780813142463Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Poverty & Homelessness, Public PolicyBook Topic:State & Local, Regional PlanningSize:8.80 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2Product ID:SCSPBET8NH
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,
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813142463ISBN-10:813142466UPC:9780813142463Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Poverty & Homelessness, Public PolicyBook Topic:State & Local, Regional PlanningSize:8.80 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2Product ID:SCSPBET8NH
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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