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Excerpt From Our Appalachia

Excerpt From Our Appalachia "The Cruel Choice" is a sampler (pp. 323-339) oí Our Appalachia, An Oral History edited by Laurel Shackelford and Bill Weinberg published by Hill and Wang in 1977. The editorial choice of this material dealing primarily with welfare and migration was, in the main, an arbitrary choice; but any selection from this rich and comprehensive oral history would have, of necessity, had some aspect of arbitrariness. The only favorable argument was that so much has been said and written about the issues of migration and welfare that it would be good to let those who were intimately and vitally involved with those issues speak from their experience. This they do with-- what must seem to those familiar only with the Appalachian stereotype--a surprising frankness, intelligence, human understanding. But ihe same argument and comment could be used for the other issues and talkers in this many-faceted book; for it does present the problems and issues involved in the transition of a people and area from a simpler way of life to a more complex one as the result, primarily of outside influences--missionaries, coal speculators, railroads, industry, tourism, etc.--as told by those who experienced it or were intimately acquainted with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Excerpt From Our Appalachia

Appalachian Review , Volume 6 (2) – Jan 8, 1978
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"The Cruel Choice" is a sampler (pp. 323-339) oí Our Appalachia, An Oral History edited by Laurel Shackelford and Bill Weinberg published by Hill and Wang in 1977. The editorial choice of this material dealing primarily with welfare and migration was, in the main, an arbitrary choice; but any selection from this rich and comprehensive oral history would have, of necessity, had some aspect of arbitrariness. The only favorable argument was that so much has been said and written about the issues of migration and welfare that it would be good to let those who were intimately and vitally involved with those issues speak from their experience. This they do with-- what must seem to those familiar only with the Appalachian stereotype--a surprising frankness, intelligence, human understanding. But ihe same argument and comment could be used for the other issues and talkers in this many-faceted book; for it does present the problems and issues involved in the transition of a people and area from a simpler way of life to a more complex one as the result, primarily of outside influences--missionaries, coal speculators, railroads, industry, tourism, etc.--as told by those who experienced it or were intimately acquainted with

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 1978

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