Too Few Tomorrows
Between the 1940s and 1970s, approxiately three million people left the Appalachian mountains in search of jobs in Midwest urban areas, such as Cincinnati, Chicago, and Detroit. Unfortunately, about a third of these people were forced into a life of long-term underclass dwellers. Struggling with que...
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| description | Between the 1940s and 1970s, approxiately three million people left the Appalachian mountains in search of jobs in Midwest urban areas, such as Cincinnati, Chicago, and Detroit. Unfortunately, about a third of these people were forced into a life of long-term underclass dwellers. Struggling with questions of identity, rootlessness, and cultural negation, these people were given the name of “urban Appalachians.” Published in 1987, Too Few Tomorrows addresses some of the pressing questions regarding urban Appalachians and their story of migration to city life. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1323222025-03-21T21:30:04Z Too Few Tomorrows Philliber, William W. Obermiller, Phillip J. History United States State & Local South (al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, Ms, Nc, Sc, Tn, Va, Wv) bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas Between the 1940s and 1970s, approxiately three million people left the Appalachian mountains in search of jobs in Midwest urban areas, such as Cincinnati, Chicago, and Detroit. Unfortunately, about a third of these people were forced into a life of long-term underclass dwellers. Struggling with questions of identity, rootlessness, and cultural negation, these people were given the name of “urban Appalachians.” Published in 1987, Too Few Tomorrows addresses some of the pressing questions regarding urban Appalachians and their story of migration to city life. 2024-01-06T04:03:13Z 2024-01-06T04:03:13Z 2024-01-05T11:25:34Z 1987 book ONIX_20240105_9781469637075_7 OCN: 1017990481 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86416 9781469637075 9781469637051 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/132322 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86416/1/9781469637075.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86416/1/9781469637075.pdf Appalachian State University Appalachian State University 37ae2ebd-eef1-48c0-8df2-d98e2ef671de Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781469637075 9781469637051 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Appalachian State University [...] open access |
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| topic | History United States State & Local South (al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, Ms, Nc, Sc, Tn, Va, Wv) bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas |
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