Reformers to radicals
Subtitle: the Appalachian Volunteers and the war on poverty
By: Thomas Kiffmeyer.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780813125091
Subjects: Social reformers -- Appalachian Region; Appalachian Region -- Social conditions; Appalachian Region -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a time for change; title: On the brink of war: the Council of the Southern Mountains and the origins of the war on poverty in Appalachia; title: The shot heard round the world: the battle for Mill Creek, Kentucky, and the culture of poverty; title: A splendid little war: helping people help themselves, 1964; title: The war to end all wars: a national quest to end Appalachian poverty, 1965-1966; title: The new model army: the Appalachian Volunteers splits from the Council of the Southern Mountains; title: Operation Rolling Thunder: the political education of mountaineers and Appalachian volunteers; title: Peace without victory: three strikes and a red scare in the mountains; title: Conclusion: live to fight another day; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.