Skip to main content
ACLS Humanities EBook

ACLS
Humanities Ebook
Browse Books Help
Get access to more books. Log in with your institution.

Your use of this Platform is subject to the Fulcrum Terms of Service.

Share the story of what Open Access means to you

a graphic of a lock that is open, the universal logo for open access

University of Michigan needs your feedback to better understand how readers are using openly available ebooks. You can help by taking a short, privacy-friendly survey.

  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. An Appalachian reawakening: West Virginia and the perils of the new machine age, 1945-1972

An Appalachian reawakening: West Virginia and the perils of the new machine age, 1945-1972

Jerry Bruce Thomas
Restricted You don't have access to this book. Please try to log in with your institution. Log in
Read Book

  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page ix)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • 1. A New Machine Age in the Hills (page 9)
  • 2. American Paradox, Appalachian Stereotype (page 40)
  • 3. Civil Rights in the New Machine Age (page 85)
  • 4. Good Intentions: The New Frontier and the War on Poverty (page 126)
  • 5. Raising Hell in the Hills and Hollows: AVs, VISTAs, and Community Action (page 170)
  • 6. From the Silver Bridge to Farmington and Rumblings at the Grassroots (page 216)
  • 7. The Black Lung Association, Miners for Democracy, and the New Feminism (page 258)
  • 8. The Strip Mining Dilemma and a Climactic Debate (page 286)
  • 9. Buffalo Creek: Appalachian Apotheosis (page 315)
  • Epilogue: Another Reawakening? (page 336)
  • Notes (page 344)
  • Bibliography (page 422)
  • Index (page 443)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
WHQJRS 5.2(Fall 2011): 125-128 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/west_virginia_history/v005/5.2.martin.html
AH 39.2 (Spring 2011): 92-93 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/appalachian_heritage/v039/39.2.simmons.html
Citable Link
Published: 2010
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9781933202983 (ebook)
  • 9781933202587 (paper)
  • 9781933202594 (hardcover)
Series
  • West Virginia and Appalachia
Subject
  • American: 1900-present
ACLS Humanities Ebook Contact Us

Twitter

ACLS Michigan Publishing

ACLS HEB is a partnership between ACLS and Michigan Publishing

ACLS HEB

  • Browse and Search
  • About ACLS HEB
  • Impact and Usage

Information For

  • Librarians
  • Publishers
  • Societies

Quicklinks

  • Help/FAQ
  • Title List
  • MARC Records
  • KBART Records
  • Usage Stats
© 2023 ACLS Humanities Ebook · Accessibility · Preservation · Privacy · Terms of Service
Powered by Fulcrum logo · Log In
x This site requires cookies to function correctly.