An Appalachian Reawakening: West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972

by Thomas, Jerry Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781933202587
• ISBN10: 1933202580
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: West Virginia Univ Pr

Author Biography

Jerry Bruce Thomas is Professor Emeritus of History at Shepherd University. He earned a BA in political science at West Virginia University and, after Peace Corps service in the Dominican Republic, an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also the author of An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression, published in paperback March 2010 by WVU Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
A New Machine Age in the Hills	p. 9
American Paradox, Appalachian Stereotype	p. 40
Civil Rights in the New Machine Age	p. 85
Good Intentions: The New Frontier and the War on Poverty	p. 126
Raising Hell in the Hills and Hollows: AVs, VISTAs, and Community Action	p. 170
From the Silver Bridge to Farmington and Rumblings at the Grassroots	p. 216
The Black Lung Association, Miners for Democracy, and the New Feminism	p. 258
The Strip Mining Dilemma and a Climactic Debate	p. 286
Buffalo Creek: Appalachian Apotheosis	p. 315
Epilogue: Another Reawakening?	p. 336
Notes	p. 344
Bibliography	p. 422
Index	p. 443
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