Title: Reading Appalachia from left to right : conservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County textbook controversy /
Authors: Mason, Carol, 1964-
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Textbooks West Virginia Kanawha County.; Multicultural education Curricula West Virginia Kanawha County.; Language arts Curricula West Virginia Kanawha County.; Culture conflict West Virginia Kanawha County.; Ethnic conflict West Virginia Kanawha County.; Community and school West Virginia Kanawha County.
Abstract: In this work, Carol Mason examines the legacies of a pivotal 1974 curriculum dispute in West Virginia that heralded the rightward shift in American culture and politics.
Contents: Prologue : reading Appalachia -- Introduction : soul on Appalachian ice -- A modern American conflict -- True sons of Appalachia -- Sweet Alice and secular humanism -- Reproducing the souls of white folk -- The right soul -- Epilogue : writing Appalachia.