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1 online resource (xv, 308 pages) maps, diagrams, tables |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; 1. The Region: A New Survey; 2. The Passing of Provincialism; The Changing Population; 3. Population Growth and Characteristics; 4. The Great Migration, 1940-1960; 5. Appalachian Newcomers in Cincinnati; The Changing Economy; 6. Agriculture: A Reassessment; 7. Extractive Industries and Forestry; 8. The Development of Manufacturing; 9. The Potential of Tourism; The Changing Society; 10. Local Government; 11. Local, State, and Regional Planning; 12. The Needs of Education; 13. Religion and the Churches; 14. Health and Health Services |
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15. Social Problems and Welfare ServicesFolk Arts in Transition; 16. Literature since 1900; 17. Dances and Singing Games; 18. The Revival of Handicrafts; 19. The Region's Future: A National Challenge; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American ""problem area""--An area whose participation in the economic growth of the nation has not been sufficient to relieve the chronic poverty of its people. The existence of the problem was recognized a generation ago, but in the past decade the resistance of such areas to economic advance has acquired a more urgent significance in American thought. In 1958, a group of scholars undertook to make a new survey of the Southern Appalachian Region. Aided by grants from the Ford Foundation ultimately amounting to 250,000, they set out to analyze t |
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Appalachian Region, Southern Economic conditions |
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Appalachian Region, Southern Social conditions |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Economic history.
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Social conditions.
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Soziale Situation
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Wirtschaftliche Lage
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Geografia regional -- Estados unidos.
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História dos estados unidos (aspectos politico-sócio-econômicos)
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Folclore -- Estados unidos.
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Cultura -- Estados unidos.
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Appalachian Region, Southern -- Economic conditions
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Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions
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Southern Appalachian Region.
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Appalachen -- Süd
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Appalaches -- Conditions économiques.
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Appalaches -- Conditions sociales.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ford, Thomas R., 1923- editor.
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Vance, Rupert B., 1899-1975.
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