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050 00 $aHC107.A127$bW48 1994
082 00 $a338.974$220
100 1 $aWhisnant, David E.,$d1938-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100521
245 10 $aModernizing the mountaineer :$bpeople, power, and planning in Appalachia /$cDavid E. Whisnant.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aKnoxville :$bUniversity of Tennessee Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $axxxvi, 310 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [287]-299) and index.
505 0 $a1. Workers in God's Grand Division: The Council of the Southern Mountains -- 2. All Forms of Human Concerns: The Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-75 -- 3. Appalachia as a Depressed Area: The Area Redevelopment Administration -- 4. Appalachia and the War on Poverty: The Office of Economic Opportunity -- 5. Development by Dipsydoodling: The Design of the Appalachian Regional Commission -- 6. The Worst Last: The Programs of the Appalachian Regional Commission -- 7. One-Eye in the Land of the Blind: The Appalachian Volunteers -- 8. Power for the People: The Congress for Appalachian Development -- 9. Paradoxes of Insurgency: Revolt Against the Planners in the Kentucky River Area Development District -- 10. Conclusion: Cultural Values and Regional Development.
520 $aSince its initial publication a decade ago, Modernizing the Mountaineer has become a classic in Appalachian studies. Now available with a substantial new introduction, the book is a passionate and provocative critique of the enterprises and organizations that have sought to develop the region.
520 8 $aDavid Whisnant focuses upon public and private social and economic development efforts in Appalachia from the close of the nineteenth century through the early 1970s. He explores their diverse origins, their many ways of assessing and relating to the problems and people of the region, and above all the cultural politics that shaped them.
520 8 $aModernizing the Mountaineer blends careful analysis with an ardent commitment to making the needs of the region's people the preeminent consideration in the design of social policy. In his new introduction, Whisnant chronicles the book's controversial history, discusses the factors that contributed to its perspective, and surveys the advances in Appalachian studies that have occurred since it was first written.
651 0 $aAppalachian Region$xEconomic policy.
852 00 $bglx$hHC107.A127$iW48 1994