Thomas, Jerry Bruce,  1941- <br/><br/>
An Appalachian reawakening :  West Virginia and the perils of the new machine age, 1945-1972 / 
Jerry Bruce Thomas. 
 - first edition. 
 - Morgantown :  West Virginia University Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 470 pages) :  illustrations 
 - West Virginia and Appalachia ;  volume 12 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Front Cover --  West Virginia and Appalachia Series Page --  Dedication --  Contents --  Acknowledgments --  Introduction --  A New Machine Age in the Hills --  Appalachian Contradiction --  A Revolution in Coal --  The UMWA Embraces the Revolution --  The Fade of the Mountain Farm --  A General Economic Decline --  West Virginians and the Mass Culture of the Age --  The Great Migration: Leaving “Those Hills, the Place I Call Home� --  Conclusion --  American Paradox, Appalachian Stereotype --  The Alienation of the Land --  Horse-and-Buggy Vestiges The Patteson EraMcCarthyism: The Second Red Scare --  “Like a Bolt of Lightning�: Marland�s Severance Tax Proposal --  Hard Times and the Search for Panaceas --  Marland: Flawed Champion of Change --  The Emergence of Cecil Underwood --  The Challenges of Education in the Age of Sputnik --  A Changing of the Guard --  A Deteriorating Economy and Agonizing Reappraisals --  “An American Paradox�: Imperfections in the Glare of National Attention --  Planning for Regional Action --  Affection in Adversity --  Conclusion --  Civil Rights in the New Machine Age African Americans in West Virginia: Balancing Two Segregationist PartiesJim Crow and the Impact of the Revolution in Coal --  Desegregating the Schools: The Impact of Brown --  A Rehearsal for Desegregation --  Persistent Segregation --  Integrating Higher Education --  Integrating the Broader Society: A Grassroots Awakening --  Churches and Civil Rights --  Conclusion --  Good Intentions: The New Frontier and the War on Poverty --  Structural Unemployment, Automation, and the Culture of Poverty --  The View from Megalopolis --  A “Robber Barron� of the New Frontier The Centennial: Accentuating the PositiveLBJ and the War on Poverty --  Hulett C. Smith�s Sin of Omission --  Challenges of “Creative Federalism� --  Disappointments of the Crash Program --  From Head Start to VISTA --  Charleston as Prototype: Community Action and “Maximum Feasible Participation� --  Hardy and McDowell: Appalachian Models for the War on Poverty --  Reaction in West Virginia --  Guns Over Butter: OEO in Retreat --  Reorganizing the State OEO --  “Rethinking OEO�s Approach�: Assessing McDowell and Kanawha --  The ARC: A Lost Opportunity? ConclusionRaising Hell in the Hillsand Hollows: AVs, VISTAs, and Community Action --  Huey Perry and the Mingo Model for “Maximum Feasible Participation� --  The Rise of the Appalachian Volunteers --  AVs in West Virginia: “Outsiders and Trouble Makers� or “the Best Hope for Change�? --  Rising Militancy in Appalachia --  AVs Under Attack --  Governor Smith Closes Ranks with the Critics --  Assessing AVs and VISTAs --  West Virginia�s War on Poverty in Retrospect --  From the Silver Bridge to Farmington and Rumblings at the Grassroots 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781933202983 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social change--History--West Virginia--20th century.<br/>Social change.<br/>Social Change
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>"Multi-User" 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F245  / .A673 2010