Appalachian Odyssey: Historical Perspectives on the Great Migration

by Obermiller, Phillip J.

• ISBN13: 9780275968519
• ISBN10: 0275968510
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

One of the greatest internal migrations in American history has been the movement of the people of Appalachia to a variety of rural and urban destinations all over the country --- wherever economic opportunity beckoned. This movement has taken place in several waves throughout the twentieth century, and continues to this day. Appalachian Odyssey provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the impact of this phenomenon on both the Appalachian region and the country as a whole.

Author Biography

PHILLIP J. OBERMILLER is an Associate at the Appalachian Center of the University of Kentucky and a Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Cincinnati.THOMAS E. WAGNER is University Professor Emeritus of Planning and Urban Studies at the University of Cincinnati.E. BRUCE TUCKER is Professor of History at the University of Windsor in Ontario.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	ix
Introduction	xi
Thomas E. Wagner
Phillip J. Obermiller
Bruce Tucker
I. THE GREAT APPALACHIAN MIGRATION
Southern White Migration to the Midwest, an Overview	3	(24)
Chad Berry
I Never Thought of My Life as History: A Story of the ``Hillbilly'' Exodus and the Price of Assimilation	27	(12)
Rebecca J. Bailey
The ``Birds of Passage'' Phenomenon in West Virginia's Out-Migration	39	(10)
Shirley L. Stewart
Connie L. Rice
A Common Ground: Urban Adaptation and Appalachian Unity	49	(20)
Roger Guy
II. THE URBAN RESPONSE TO THE NEWCOMERS
Transforming Mountain Folk: Roscoe Giffin and the Invention of Urban Appalachia	69	(28)
Bruce Tucker
Imagining Appalachians: The Berea Workshop on the Urban Adjustment of Southern Appalachian Migrants	97	(24)
Bruce Tucker
``Hands-Across-The-Ohio'': The Urban Initiatives of the Council of the Southern Mountains, 1954-1971	121	(22)
Phillip J. Obermiller
Thomas E. Wagner
III. URBAN APPALACHIAN IDENTITY
``Disgrace to the Race'': Hillbillies and the Color Line in Detroit	143	(16)
John Hartigan Jr.
Toward a New Ethnicity: Urban Appalachian Ethnic Consciousness in Cincinnati, 1950-1987	159	(22)
Bruce Tucker
Revisiting Urban Appalachian Ethnicity	181	(12)
Theresa Myadze
IV. URBAN APPALACHIAN ORGANIZATIONS
Cincinnati's ``Second Minority'': The Emergence of Appalachian Advocacy, 1953-1973	193	(22)
Phillip J. Obermiller
Thomas E. Wagner
Going Home without the Trip: Appalachian Migrant Organizations	215	(16)
Thomas E. Wagner
Phillip J. Obermiller
Selected Bibliography	231	(6)
Index	237	(6)
About the Contributors	243