An Appalachian Reawakening: West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. A New Machine Age in the Hills 9 2. American Paradox, Appalachian Stereotype 40 3. Civil Rights in the New Machine Age 85 4. Good Intentions: The New Frontier and the War on Poverty 126 5. Raising Hell in the Hills and Hollows: AVs, VISTAs, and Community Action 170 6. From the Silver Bridge to Farmington and Rumblings at the Grassroots 216 7. The Black Lung Association, Miners for Democracy, and the New Feminism 258 8. The Strip Mining Dilemma and a Climactic Debate 286 9. Buffalo Creek: Appalachian Apotheosis 315 Epilogue: Another Reawakening? 336 Notes 344 Bibliography 422 Index 443 ...