Between 1940 and 1970, an estimated three million people left their home places in Appalachia to migrate to industrial centers in search of jobs. Many became long-time dwellers in the urban underclass. Others who found secure employment struggled with questions of identity and cultural negation and continued to consider their rural origins as "home." This book examines the view of urban Appalachians as a distinct ethnic group; documents the characteristics of Appalachian migrants; and looks at urban Appalachian family, youth, and participation in politics and education. Chapters are: (1) "Too Few Tomorrows" (Thomas E. Wagner); (2) "A Decade in Review: The Development of the Ethnic Model in Urban Appalachian Studies" (Michael E. Maloney); (3) "Appalachians in Midwestern Cities: Regionalism as a Basis of Ethnic Group Formation" (William W. Philliber, Phillip J. Obermiller); (4) "Urban Appalachians & Canadian Maritime Migrants: Comparative Study of Emergent Ethnicity" (Martin N. Marger, Phillip J. Obermiller); (5) "Labeling Urban Appalachians" (Phillip J. Obermiller); (6) "The Ethnic Entrepreneur in the Urban Appalachian Community" (Sharlotte K. Neely); (7) "Moving on: Recent Patterns of Appalachian Migration" (Phillip J. Obermiller, Robert W. Oldendick); (8) "The Changing Composition of Appalachian Migrants" (William W. Philliber); (9) "Two Studies of Appalachian Civic Involvement" (Phillip J. Obermiller, Robert W. Oldendick); (10) "The Impact of the Urban Milieu on the Appalachian Family Type" (James K. Crissman); (11) "Effects of Schools & Schooling on Appalachian Children in Cincinnati" (Michael E. Maloney, Kathryn M. Borman); (12) "Appalachian Youth in Cultural Transition" (Clyde B. McCoy, H. Virginia McCoy); and (13) "Black Appalachian Migrants: The Issue of Dual Minority Status" (William W. Philliber, Phillip J. Obermiller). Also included are a preface by Maureen R. Sullivan and "Conclusion: The Future for Appalachians in Urban Areas," by William W. Philliber. (Contains an extensive bibliography and an index.) (SV)

"This bibliography of books, articles, monographs, and dissertations features more than 4,700 entries, divided into twenty-four subject areas such as activism and protest; Appalachian studies; arts and crafts; community culture and folklife; education; environment; ethnicity, race and identity; health and medicine; media and stereotypes; recreation and tourism; religion; and women and gender. Two indexes conclude the bibliography"--Provided by publisher.

Excerpt from Southern Appalachian Pteridophytes: An Indexed Bibliography, 1833-1980 The bibliography is, of course, dominated by floristic works (see entries under Distribution in the Index). Many of these provide the basis for future studies in specific areas or localities. With the inherent natural history bent of most papers of this type, they also represent the baseline ecological, distributional, and population information for the taxa of this region. There are also many cited works on identification and systematics of the plants (see in the Index). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.