An Appalachian reawakening : West Virginia and the perils of the new machine age, 1945-1972 / Jerry Bruce Thomas.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-442) and index.

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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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