02469cmm a2200385 4500 214799572 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 090207s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780813173207 electronic bk. 0813173205 electronic bk. (OCoLC)302054290 N$T eng N$T YDXCP OCLCQ EBLCP MHW OCLCE E7B REDDC TxAuBib Eller, Ronald D., 1948- Uneven ground [electronic resource] : Appalachia since 1945 / Ronald D. Eller. Lexington, Ky. : Univ. Press of Kentucky, 2008. 1 online resource (xv, 326 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-297) and index. "How America came to the mountains" / Jim Wayne Miller -- Introduction -- Rich land, poor people -- The politics of poverty -- Developing the poor -- Confronting development -- Growth and development -- The new Appalachia. Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life, a reflection of simpler times that should be preserved and protected. However, supporters of development and of the growth of material production, consumption, and technology decried what they perceived as the isolation and backwardness of the place and sough. Rural development Appalachian Region, Southern History. Poverty Appalachian Region, Southern History. Rural poor Appalachian Region, Southern History. Political science Public Policy City Planning & Urban Development. Social sciences. Armut. Wirtschaftliche Lage. Ländliche Entwicklung. Appalachian Region, Southern Rural conditions. Appalachian Region, Southern Economic conditions. Appalachian Region, Southern Social conditions 20th century. Appalachian Region, Southern Social conditions 21st century. Appalachen <Süd. Electronic books. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=254049 EBSCOhost