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From Mountain to Metropolis: Appalachian Migrants in American Cities

From Mountain to Metropolis: Appalachian Migrants in American Cities


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This volume focuses on Appalachians as a case study of internal migration in developed countries. Since World War II, Appalachian miners have left the coal towns of their mountain region for the car towns of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Migrations have ebbed and flowed with economic expansion and recession. Some descendants who are several generations removed from the migration experience do not identify with their mountainous background, but many urban Appalachians have maintained their cultural ties to the region and its values. This collection of essays is the fourth in a series of studies of Appalachian society in relation to mainstream America. While earlier works have concentrated on the migration process, jobs, housing, and ethnic group formation in urban settings, this volume addresses the important issues of health, environment, and education in the urban Appalachian context. As such, it is the only resource available for educators and health and human service professionals involved with this social sector.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Migration Patterns, Demographics, and Cultural Perserverance
Living City, Feeling Country: The Current Status and Future Prospects of Urban Appalachians by Phillip J. Obermiller and Michael E. Maloney
Looking for Appalachians in Pittsburgh: Seeking Deliverance, Finding the Deerhunter by Phillip J. Obermiller and Michael E. Maloney
The Sense of Place and Cultural Identity among Urban Appalachians: A Study in Post-Death Migration by Phillip J. Obermiller and Ray Rappold
Appalachian Women: Between Two Cultures by H. Virginia McCoy, Diana Gullett Trevino, and Clyde B. McCoy
Health and Environmental Issues
Urban Appalachian Health Concerns by Phillip J. Obermiller and Robert W. Oldendick
Health Education Strategies for Urban Blacks and Appalachians by Phillip J. Obermiller and Walter S. Handy
The Health Status of Children Living in Urban Appalachian Neighborhoods by M. Kathryn Brown and Phillip J. Obermiller
Concerning Contamination: Attitudes on Environmental Issues among Urban Minority Groups by Phillip J. Obermiller and Andrew Smith
Social and Educational Issues
A Case for Naturalistic Assessment and Intervention in an Urban Appalachian Community by David Barnett, Anne Bauer, Barbara Baker, Kristal Ehrhardt, and Stephanie Stollar
Urban Appalachians and Professional Intervention: A Model for Educators and Social Service Providers by Lonnie Helton, Edwin Barnes, and Kathryn M. Borman
Echoes from the Hill: Urban Appalachian Youths and Educational Reform by Elizabeth M. Penn, Kathryn M. Borman, and Fred Hoeweler
Readin', Writin', and Route 23: A Road to Economic but not Educational Success by Johanna S. DeStefano
Social Change and Urban Appalachian Children: Youth at Risk by Kathryn M. Borman and Delores Stegelin
Appalachians in Cities: Issues and Challenges for Research by Rhoda H. Halperin
References
Index



About the Author :

KATHRYN M. BORMAN is Associate Dean in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati. She has published numerous books on education, employment, women, and community development.

PHILLIP J. OBERMILLER is an associate of the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky. He is co-editor of Too Few Tomorrows: Urban Appalachians in the 1980s (1987) and author of many journal articles on Appalachian themes.



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.,."important reading for those who are interested in rural to urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to social services."-Now & Then ?...important reading for those who are interested in rural to urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to social services.?-Now & Then ?An informative and ambitious exploration of the status of Appalachians in the city....From Mountain to Metropolis provides the reader with glimpses of what Appalachian peoples' lives are like on the urban streets and the problems they must confront as they practice their culture within a sea of often unsympathetic neighbors...This is a book that is long overdue and well worth reading.?-Appalachian Journal ?This book should be in urban and Appalachian libraries.?-Journal of Social Science Research ?This welcome book is a social scientists' survey of the emerging problems that have developed in American cities from the great internal migration northward of Appalachian people.?-Appalachian Heritage ..."important reading for those who are interested in rural to urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to social services."-Now & Then "This book should be in urban and Appalachian libraries."-Journal of Social Science Research "This welcome book is a social scientists' survey of the emerging problems that have developed in American cities from the great internal migration northward of Appalachian people."-Appalachian Heritage "An informative and ambitious exploration of the status of Appalachians in the city....From Mountain to Metropolis provides the reader with glimpses of what Appalachian peoples' lives are like on the urban streets and the problems they must confront as they practice their culture within a sea of often unsympathetic neighbors...This is a book that is long overdue and well worth reading."-Appalachian Journal


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780897893671
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Weight: 510 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0897893670
  • Publisher Date: 14 Mar 1994
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Appalachian Migrants in American Cities
  • Width: 156 mm


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