Critical Essays in Appalachian Life & Culture : : proceedings of the Fifth Annual Appalachian Studies Conference / / editors, Rick Simon [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Simon, Rick,
• Place / Publishing House: Boone, N.C. : : Appalachian State University,, 1982.
• Year of Publication: 1982
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (130 pages)

The proceedings from the 1982 Appalachian Studies Conference, edited by Rick Simon, Grace Edwards, Ron Eller, Joan Moser, and Barry M. Buxton, includes contributions by Rick Simon; Ronald D. Eller; Deborah Morentz Markley and Brady J. Deaton; William W. Philliber and Phillip J. Obermiller; Virginia McCoy Watkins and Diana Gullet Trevino; Grace Toney Edwards; Harold Branam; Parks Lanier; Joan Moser; Melinda Bollar Wagner; and Thomas Plaut.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Rick Simon -- Keynote address. Education and change / Sue Thrasher -- I. Values and political economy. Introduction / Rick Simon -- Harry Caudill and the burden of mountain liberalism / Ronald D. Eller -- Human values and resource development in the political economy of Appalachia : a synthesis of two regional forums / Deborah Morentz Markley and Brady J. Deaton -- II. Urban minorities. Introduction / Ronald Eller -- Black Appalachian migrants : the issue of dual minority status / William W. Philliber and Phillip J. Obermiller -- Occupational and employment status of Appalachian migrant women / Virginia McCoy Watkins and Diana Gullett Trevino -- III. Language and literature of the Appalachian region. Introduction / Grace Toney Edwards -- Generations : the theme of Jim Wayne Miller's Dialogue with a dead man / Harold Branam -- Kit Brandon's choice / Parks Lanier -- IV. Culture, images and change. Introduction / Joan Moser -- Appalachia in America's future : alternative cultural forms / Melinda Bollar Wagner -- Notes on voluntary service networking and community building / Thomas Plaut -- V. Abstracts. Renewable energy for Appalachian development / C. James Bier -- The need for a descriptive study of Appalachian children's language develpment / Dina Blum-West -- Floating down the stream of time : an Appalachian rural community confronting mass society / Tom Boyd -- Appalachian change : the federal involvement / Michael J. Bradshaw -- Appalachian serpent-handlers in the urban midwest : a test of a satisfaction hypothesis / Michael Carter and Kenneth Ambrose -- Looking back . . . before integration / Victoria A. Casey -- The homemade toys of Appalachia / Debbie Collins -- Sherwood Anderson's Appalachian years : an overview / William T. Cornett -- Tales of power : a community perspective / Richard Couto -- Location decisions of Appalachian youth : a case study in a rural Appalachian community / Barbara Daniel -- Land for East Kentucky's development : an inventory of mountain top mining sites / Douglas Dotterweich -- Planning for Appalachia's future : the forest service and public input / L. Sue Greer -- The Nada Tunnel : through fact and through the imagination / Larry G. Meadows -- Made in the mountains : folk art and traditional handicraft / Laurel Horton -- The Cherokee religiou experience / Richard A. Humphrey -- Toward a theory of Appalachia in advanced capitalism / Stephen P. Legeay -- Ethnicization and urban Appalachians / Martin N. Marger -- Pine Mountain Boarding High School : a unique educational community, 1930-49 / Walter Oldendorf -- A critique of Appalachian sociolinguistics / Brenda Cottrell Pfaff -- An ethnography of speaking in an Appalachian community / George B. Ray -- Oh, how I want to go home : the myth of return and ethnic identification among Appalachian migrants to urban places / Terrence Russell -- Women in Appalachian education : an initial inquiry / Ruth Scott -- New ideas and new cultural experiments in Appalachia : a historical outline / Jewel L. Tabor -- The world's largest pottery : doues Appalachia hold its future? / Jack Welch -- The Blue Ridge Mountains : a regional ecology of natural hazards / Gene Wilhelm, Jr -- Appalachia and the World's Fair / Michael J. McDonald and William Bruce Wheeler -- Methods, means and materials for teaching Appalachian studies / Carolyn M. Hinson -- Unraveling folklore : the thread of Appalachia / Joyce L. Graham -- The impact of economic development on women : women and the welfare state in Southern Appalachia / Mary Anglin -- The Richmond, Kentucky solar energy community assessment / J. Allen Singleton.