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The Journal of Southern History. 39 (3): 469–470. doi:10.2307/2206294. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2206294. Friedenberg, Edgar Z. (November 16, 1972). "Schools for Scandal". The New York Review of Books. ISSN 0028-7504. Goldberg, Maxwell H. (1973). "Review of Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community". The Journal of Higher Education. 44 (9): 736 ...
West Virginia University Press (WVU Press) is a university press and publisher in the state of West Virginia.A part of West Virginia University, the press publishes books and journals with a particular emphasis on Appalachian studies, history, higher education, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary books about energy, environment, and resources. [2]
Appalachian Review was founded in 1973 as Appalachian Heritage by mountain poet Albert Stewart at Alice Lloyd College. The magazine moved to the Hindman Settlement School in 1982. Berea College began sponsoring the magazine in 1985. It publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, craft essays, interviews, book reviews, and visual art.
John B. Stephenson was born in Staunton, Virginia, on September 26, 1937.. He earned a B.A. degree in sociology from the College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1959, and M.A. (1961) and Ph.D. (1966) degrees in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Some of the first well-known Appalachian scholarship was done by Cratis D. Williams. His 1937 MA thesis in English from the University of Kentucky focused on 471 ballads and songs from eastern Kentucky and his 1961 PhD dissertation at New York University was called "The Southern Mountaineer in Fact and Fiction" with part of it appearing in The Appalachian Journal 1975–76.
The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of several other states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, Georgia, North and ...
Helen Matthews Lewis (October 2, 1924 – September 4, 2022) was an American sociologist, historian, and activist who specialized in Appalachia and women's rights.She was noted for developing an interpretation of Appalachia as an internal United States colony, as well as designing the first academic programs for Appalachian studies. [1]
The Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) is an organization of scholars and activists interested in Appalachian studies.. According to its web site, “The Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) was formed in 1977 by a group of scholars, teachers, and regional activists who believed that shared community has been and will continue to be important to those writing, researching, and teaching ...