The Impact of Institutions in Appalachia / / Jim Lloyd and Anne G. Campbell [editors].

• TeilnehmendeR: Lloyd, Jim,; Campbell, Anne G.,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Appalachian State University,, [1986]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 1986
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)

This volume of the Proceedings of the 8th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, held in 1986 in Berea, Kentucky, offers a sampling of papers presented at the conference. Paper topics include religion; government and technology; capitalism and coal; regional photographers; sports and play in Southern Appalachia; education; cultural and diversity issues; and history and politics.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, Anne Campbell i -- TRIBUTES TO GRATIS WILLIAMS -- Loyal Jones 1 -- David Williams 3 -- Grace Edwards 5 -- Charlotte Ross 7 -- James Gifford 11 -- I. HEREAFTER EFFECTS ON THE HERE AND NOW: -- RELIGION AND REGION -- Passing Over Yonder, Howard Dorgan 14 -- II. GOVERNMENT AND TECHNOLOGY: -- CHANGE AND EFFECT ON A REGION -- Some Thoughts on Science and Technology -- in Appalachia, Ron Willoughby 24 -- III. CAPITALISM AND COAL: A REASSESSMENT -- Capitalism, Patriarchy and "Mens Work": The -- System of Control of Production -- in Coal Mining, Mike Yarrow 29 -- IV. WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: -- ENDURING IMAGES OF APPALACHIA -- Early Regional Photographers: Margaret Morley and -- William Barnhill in Western North Carolina, -- Richard Straw 48 -- V. JOCKS AND JUNKETS: COME PLAY AND STAY -- Sports and Play in Southern Appalachia: -- A Tentative Appraisal, Robert J. Higgs 57 -- Appalachian Documentaries: Hyping the Myth, -- Sharyn McCrumb 68 -- Appalachia: A Tourist Attraction?, -- Melinda Bollar Wagner, Lynn Batley, Kai Jackson, -- Bill O'Brien, Liz Throckmorton 73 -- VI. BEFORE THE YELLOW BUSES: THE QUEST -- FOR EDUCATION -- Settlement School Goes to the People: Pine Mountain -- School's Community Centers at Big Laurel -- and Line Fork, 1919-1940, Nancy Forderhase 88 -- VII. ISSUES OF THEORY AND METHOD -- IN REGIONAL RESEARCH -- Class and Gender: New Theoretical Priorities in -- Appalachian Studies, Sally Ward Maggard 100 -- Beyond the "Traditional Mountain Subculture": -- A New Look at Pre-Industrial Appalachia, -- Mary Beth Pudup 114 -- VIII. ETHNICITY AND MOBILITY -- Blacks: An Invisible Institution in Appalachia?, -- Wilburn Hayden 128 -- Moving On: Recent Patterns of Appalachian -- Migration, Philip Obermiller and Robert Oldendick 148 -- IX. FREE AT LAST?: VIEW OF -- APPALACHIAN HISTORY -- Impact of the Company Town on -- Traditional Life, Dean Herrin 166 -- X. REALITIES AND MYTHS: MOUNTAIN POLITICS -- Hubbard's Branch of Mill Creek-1964-1984: -- Twenty Years After the War On Poverty, -- Warren Brunner and Tom Boyd 175.