Elites and Change in the Kentucky Mountains - Paperback

by H. Dudley Plunkett (Author), Mary Jean Bowman (Author)

Many Americans who trace their roots to communities similar to those of Appalachian Kentucky are becoming aware of the extent to which the problems of such communities represent the price paid for keeping alive traditions that are beginning to be missed in the wider society. Using fresh data and ingenious ways of letting local people speak for themselves, Mary Jean Bowman and H. Dudley Plunkett have thrown light on how isolated, small-town people respond to the encroachment of modern America, wi

Author Biography

H. Dudley Plunkett is on the faculty of the University of Southampton, England.

Mary Jean Bowman is professor of economics and education at the University of Chicago. Among her numerous writings is the book (with W. Warren Haynes), Resources and People in East Kentucky.